v11_0032 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Statère de 80 litrai en or ou double décadrachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 762.25 €
Estimate : 1 295.82 €
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Starting price : 762.25 €
Estimate : 1 295.82 €
unsold lot
Type : Statère de 80 litrai en or ou double décadrachme
Date: c. 295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Syracuse
Metal : gold
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,68 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
A été monté et nettoyé anciennement
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier orné d’un griffon.
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre ailé.
Reverse legend : AGAQOKLEOS// BASILEOS/ UE
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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