v24_0041 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra, (MB, Æ 22)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 108.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 108.00 €
Type : Litra, (MB, Æ 22)
Date: c. 295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 8,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert noir. Exemplaire bien centré sur un flan légèrement échancré à 6 heures. Frappe molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Héraklès à droite.
Obverse legend : [SURAKOSIWN].
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite ; au-dessus, une massue ; symbole non visible à l’exergue.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, aucun symbole ne semble visible à l’exergue.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(317-289 BC)
Agathokles, King of Syracuse
Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and had taken the title of king in 305 BC. In 310, the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and had to retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.
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