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bgr_835448 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra

SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra VF
120.00 €(Approx. 126.00$ | 99.60£)
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Type : Litra
Date: c. 278-276 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante. Joli portrait d’Héraklès. Patine foncée

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès (Hercule) à gauche, coiffée de la léonté, nouée sous le cou ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSIWN.
Obverse translation : (Syracuse).

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Athéna Promachos (Minerve victorieuse) marchant debout à droite, brandissant le foudre de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche, l’égide tombant de l’épaule ; une couronne dans le champ inférieur gauche.

Commentary


Pour ce type, nous avons deux types bien différents. Au revers, la représentation d’Athéna Promachos fait penser à une statue cultuelle de la déesse qui pouvait être transportée. Ce type 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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