Live auction - bgr_921997 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Statère corinthien
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 2 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 September 2024 14:08:01 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Statère corinthien
Date: c. 344-335 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 8,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré. Portrait de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe. Joli Pégase. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien.
Reverse legend : SURAKOSION.
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(344-317 BC)
Timoleon
After Dion's assassination in 354 BC, a period of instability ensued for ten years. Timoléon, originally from Corinth, landed in Sicily in 344 BC and took control of Syracuse. He restored Greek hegemony in Sicily by driving out the Carthaginians after the Battle of Crimisus in 339 BC. He set up a democratic government which unfortunately did not survive him, Agathokles seizing power from 317 BC. Nevertheless, for about twenty years, Syracuse knew a period of peace which allowed it to restore its finances and to develop an important program of urban construction, accompanied by the return of agricultural prosperity..
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