bgr_483952 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron
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Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 278-276 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais quadrangulaire. Très belle tête d’Athéna. Revers légèrement décentré de haut relief. Belle patine marron foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche, coiffée du caque corinthien à triple aigrette ; derrière une petite chouette.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Un épi de blé dans une couronne de chêne.
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Ce type est une très rare variante sans le titre de Pyrrhus. Le droit est inspiré par le statère d’or du monarque épirote. Il est beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(278-275 BC)
Pyrrhus strategos, King of Epirus
Following the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy, in 281 BC, the consul L. Aemilius Barbula devastated the territory of the Tarentines after the destruction of a Roman squadron in the Gulf of Taranto. Pyrrhus, thanks to his elephants and to everyone's surprise, won the indecisive battle of Heraclea in 279 BC, hence the expression "Pyrrhian-style victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more. After the victory at Ascoli in 279 BC, Pyrrhus failed to secure a decisive victory over the Romans, became angry with his Greek and Syracusan allies, and was finally defeated at Benevento in 275 BC. C. He retreated to Epirus, where he was eventually assassinated.
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