bgr_941532 - SICILY - MORGANTINA Litra
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Type : Litra
Date: c. 339/338 - 317 AC.
Mint name / Town : Morgantina, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,78 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan centré, ébréché à 8 heures. Beau portrait d’Artémis à l’usure régulière. Cavalier de style très fin, bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine foncé.
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’Artémis à droite, le carquois sur l’épaule.
Obverse legend : MORGANTINWN.
Obverse translation : (des Morgantinéens).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cavalier nu galopant à gauche, vu de trois quarts en arrière, brandissant une javeline de la main droite au-dessus de sa tête ; ligne d’exergue.
Commentary
Légèrement ébréché.
Historical background
SICILY - MORGANTINA
(5th - 4th century BC)
It was around 560 BC that people settled in what was to become Morgantina. The City was almost completely destroyed in 459 BC and had great difficulty in recovering. The city followed the destinies of Syracuse from Timoleon around 340 BC and experienced a brilliant renaissance under the reigns of Agathocles and Hieron II.
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