bgr_708295 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
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Type : Litra
Date: c. 305-295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 10,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette ; derrière une couronne.
Obverse legend : [SURAKOSIWN].
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Commentary
Poids léger Pour ce type, R. Calciati n’a recensé que neuf exemplaires qui semble beaucoup plus rares que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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