v31_0029 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Tetras, (MB, Æ 14)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tetras, (MB, Æ 14)
Date: c. 214-212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Poséidon à droite, coiffée de la tainia.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de trident ornementée, accostée de deux dauphins.
Reverse legend : SUR-AKO/SI-WN (Surakosiwn)
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Commentary
Ce type constitue une monnaie divisionnaire de la série au trident décrite comme un tiers d’unité de la litra. Il s’agit plutôt d’un quart de litra ou 3 onkiai. Il s’agit de l’une des plus petites monnaies divisionnaires de la cité avant sa capture par les Romains.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(214-212 BC)
Fifth Republic
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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