v25_0039 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Hemilitron, (PB, Æ 17)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 149.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 149.00 €
Type : Hemilitron, (PB, Æ 17)
Date: c. 225-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, mais bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre bondissant à droite.
Reverse legend : IERWNOS
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1021).
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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