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bgr_402046 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Tetras

SICILY - SYRACUSE Tetras VF/XF
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Tetras
Date: c. 269/265 - 240 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe brouillée sur le portrait. Joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête féminine (nymphe) à gauche, couronnée de roseaux ; un petit bucrane derrière la tête ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Pégase volant à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : [IERWNOS].
Reverse translation : (de Hiéron).

Commentary


Pour ce type au droit, nous avons deux variétés avec pavot ou bucrane derrière la tête de la nymphe au droit. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


SICILY - SYRACUSE

(274-216 BC)

Hieronymus, King of Syracuse

Around 270 BC, Hieron had married Philistis, a descendant of Dionysius the Elder (405-367 AC.), tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron claimed to have for ancestor Gelon himself (485-478 AC.), founder of the Syracusan power. An officer in Pyrrhus' army, he replaced the king after his departure in 274 BC and, during his very long reign, tried to maintain an uneasy balance between the Romans and the Carthaginians. After the First Punic War ended in 241 BC, Sicily became Roman and Syracuse's days were numbered.

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