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Live starting : Type : Litra
Date: c. 317-310 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,03 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Koré de haut relief bien venue à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Très belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) à gauche, couronné avec des épis ; derrière la tête, un plectron (grattoir) ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : SURAKOSION.
Obverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche ; au-dessus, un dauphin voguant à gauche ; à l’exergue, lettre grecque dans une couronne.
Reverse legend : S.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire appartient à la série légère. Le revers est très proche de certains bronzes de Marseille au taureau chargeant.
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(317-289 BC)
Agathokles, tyranus of Syracuse
Agathokles had seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC and assumed the title of king in 305 BC. In 310 the tyrant invaded North Africa and attacked Carthage, but he was defeated in 307 and must retire to Sicily. Peace, signed the following year with the hereditary enemy, consecrates the hegemony of Agathokles over all Sicily.
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