SICILY - SYRACUSE Tetras bgr_893903 Греческие монеты

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Тип Tetras

Дата: c. après 212 AC.

Монетный двор / Город: Syracuse, Sicile

Металл: bronze

Диаметр: 14,5 mm

Ориентация осей монеты: 1 h.

Вес: 2,87 g.

Редкость: R2

Комментарии о состоянии

Monnaie sur un flan légèrement décentré au revers. Très belle tête de nymphe. Patine foncée

Ссылки в каталоге: :

HGCS. 2/1518 (R) - CNS.222 - MIAMG.5346 (R) (375€) - ANS.1097

Происхождение:

Exemplaire provenant de la vente Roma Numismatics, The Anders Collection, lot n° 824

Лицевая сторона

Аверс: легенда: ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Аверс: описание: Tête de nymphe à gauche, les cheveux couronnés de roseau ; derrière la tête, un petit dauphin.

Обратная сторона

Реверс: Описание: Légende en trois lignes dans une couronne composite.

Реверс: легенда: SURA/KOSI/WN.

Реверс: перевод: (de Syracuse).

Комментарий

Pour O. Hoover, ce type serait fabriqué au IIe siècle avant J.-C. Il s’agit bien d’une divinité marine et pas d’Apollon à cause du petit dauphin placé derrière la tête.

Историческая справка

SICILY - SYRACUSE

(212-210 BC)

Roman occupation

After the death of Hiéron, in 215 before J. - C., his nephew succeeds to him; he was nicknamed "the little Hieron" to differentiate him from his august predecessor. The new monarch allied with Carthage and Hannibal who was then in southern Italy, in Capua. Unfortunately, he will regret this alliance; he was overthrown the following year and the Republic was restored. This gesture by the new rulers was not enough to prevent the Romans from invading Sicily and laying siege to Syracuse. Despite fierce resistance and the assistance of the war machines imagined by Archimedes, in particular the incendiary mirrors, the city falls. Marcellus, the Roman Imperator, tries in vain to save the great scientist who is assassinated by a soldier. Syracuse is given over to plunder. The Romans are masters of all of Sicily in 210 BC.

bgr_893903 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Tetras