E-auction 374-286401 - bgr_594263 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 26 € |
| Maximum bid : | 27 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 June 2020 14:02:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Litra
Date: c. 275 - 269/265 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan à l’usure très importante. Patine marron foncé piquée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) à gauche, couronné avec des épis ; derrière la tête, une amphore.
Obverse legend : [SURAKOSION]
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche ; au-dessus, une massue.
Reverse legend : [IA/ IE]
Commentary
Le revers est très proche des petits bronzes de Marseille au taureau chargeant. Série à la massue. Ce type semble bien comprendre litra et hemilitron et reprend la typologie initiée par Agathoklès. Le style du droit le rapproche cependant indubitablement du monnayage de Hiéron II.
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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