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ID:
728352
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Greek
Region:
Sicily
City:
Syracuse
Issuer:
Hieronymus
Date Ruled:
215-214 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
10 Litrae
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
BC 215-214
Weight:
8.34 g
Obverse Description:
Diademed head left
Reverse Legend:
ΒΑΣΙΛΣΟΣ ΙΣΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ / MI
Reverse Description:
Winged thunderbolt; MI above
Primary Reference:
Holloway 6b (O5/R5)
Reference2:
SNG ANS 1025-1026
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=17325
Grade:
Good VF, toned
Notes:
. The Syracusan ruler Hieron II, a loyal ally of Rome, died in 215 BC while the Romans were locked in a life-and-death struggle with Hannibal of Carthage. His son, Gelon, had predeceased him so the throne of Syracuse passed to his grandson, Hieronymos, a youth of only fifteen. The Carthaginian faction in Syracuse persuaded the new ruler to renounce the Roman alliance which his grandfather had so steadfastly maintained, but this soon resulted in a revolution at Syracuse in which Hieronymos and all the members of his family perished (214 BC). The young king had reigned for a mere thirteen months.
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