E-auction 610-587469 - SICILY - GELA Tetras
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Type : Tetras
Date: c. 420-405 AC.
Mint name / Town : Géla, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Taureau passant à droite ; au-dessus, une branche d’olivier avec deux olives ; trois globules à l’exergue ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête imberbe diadémée et cornue du dieu fleuve Gelas à droite, les cheveux tombant sur le cou derrière, un grain d’orge ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse legend : GEL-AS
Reverse translation : (Géla).
Commentary
Tête particulière du dieu Gelas. Ce type avec la branche d’olivier au-dessus du taureau au droit doit être un peu plus tardive et commémore peut-être un événement particulier, mais elle n’est pas visible sur notre exemplaire. G. Buceti a recensé dix-huit exemplaires avec des poids allant de 3,00 à 5,12 g.
Historical background
SICILY - GELA
(5th century BC)
Gela was founded in 688 BC.. -VS. by Rhodian and Cretan settlers. Coinage began around 498 BC.. -VS. under the tyranny of Kleandros (505-498 AC. ) or Hippokrates (498-491 AC. ), Gelon (491/490-486/485 AC. ), then Hieron (486/485-478/477 AC. ) were successively tyrants of Gela before imposing themselves on Syracuse. The last tyrant was Polyzalos (478/477-466 AC. ) before the restoration of Democracy in 466 BC. -VS. like in Syracuse. The city experienced extraordinary economic and artistic development between 450 and 413 BC.. -VS. The Athenian expedition, the reaction of Syracuse modified this situation. Gela finally fell to the Carthaginians during the invasion of 405 BC.. -VS. The city, destroyed, was never to recover. Nevertheless, the city remained under Carthaginian influence before passing under the domination of Syracuse and Dionysius the Elder.. After the death of Dionysius, she rallied Dion against Dionysius the Younger, then Timoleon restored the city with Ionian settlers from the island of Keos. Opposed to Agathokles, Gela was harshly submitted before joining the opposition with Agrigento before being defeated and falling back under the control of the Syracusan monarch. In 282, Gela was again destroyed by Phintias and devastated by Mamertine mercenaries around 264 BC.. -VS. The city became a tributary of Rome during the Punic Wars.
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