Sizilien: Syrakus unter Hieron II.

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Events

Created

When	275-216 BC
Where	Syracuse, Sicily

Commissioned

Who	Hiero II of Syracuse (-306--215)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Hiero II of Syracuse (-306--215)

Keywords

Bronze Classical antiquity Coin Copper Hellenistic period Portrait War ruler

Description

Vorderseite: Kopf des Hieron mit Diadem n. l.; Perlkreis.
Rückseite: Reiter galoppierend in Kyriss (Halbharnisch), Helm und Chlamys (Mantel) n. r., in der rechten Hand Speer, unter den erhobenen Vorderläufen Beizeichen N.

Inscription

Rückseite: IEPΩN

Material/Technique

Bronze; geprägt

Measurements

Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 18.83 g

Literature

B. Carroccio, Dal basileus Agatocle a Roma. Le monetazione siciliane d´età ellenistica (cronologia - iconografia - metrologia), Pelorias 10 (Messina 2004).
R. Calciati, Corpus nummorum Siculorum. La monetazione di Bronzo, Band 2 (Mailand 1983), Nr. 195.

Links / Documents

Das Objekt im Interaktiven Katalog des Münzkabinetts

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