Live auction - bgr_444199 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Pentalitrai
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 450 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 September 2017 14:07:50 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Pentalitrai
Date: c. 215-214 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier avec un métal légèrement corné. Très belle tête de Hiéronymos. Revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Hiéronymos à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre ailé.
Reverse legend : BASILEOS/ IERONUMOU/ MI
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(215-214 BC)
Hieronymoy
After the death of Hiéron, in 215 before J. - C., his nephew succeeds to him; he was nicknamed "the little Hieron" to differentiate him from his august predecessor. The new monarch allied with Carthage and Hannibal who was then in southern Italy, in Capua. Unfortunately, he will regret this alliance; he was overthrown the following year and the Republic was restored. This gesture by the new rulers was not enough to prevent the Romans from invading Sicily and laying siege to Syracuse. Despite fierce resistance and the assistance of the war machines imagined by Archimedes, in particular the incendiary mirrors, the city falls. Marcellus, the Roman Imperator, tries in vain to save the great scientist who is assassinated by a soldier. Syracuse is given over to plunder. The Romans are masters of all of Sicily in 210 BC.
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