April 12, 2024
LARGE SYRACUSE SICILY AE23___289BC______Zeus & Eagle !!
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NW08 FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS A BEAUTIFUL LARGE BRONZE COIN OF SYRACUSE SICILY FROM 289 - 287 BC. THE SIZE IS 22.7 MM AND 10.65 GRAMS. SNG Cop 785 - 788 OBVERSE – Youthful laureate hd of Zeus Hellanios left DIOSELLANIOU REVERSE – Eagle standing left on thunderbolt SURAKOSIWN Athens, Carthage, Rome. These were the only three cities of the ancient Mediterranean world to challenge the power and prosperity of Syracuse during its Golden Age. Though it was an important city from the time of its foundation, Syracuse flourished unhindered after Hieron's victory (with the help of the Agrigentans) over the Carthaginians at Himera, near present-day Termini Imerese, in 480 BC, and soon became the most important Greek city in Sicily, both economically and politically. It would not be overzealous to say that the history of Hellenistic Sicily is largely the history of Syracuse.Syracuse was founded by Greek colonists in 734 B.C. Because of its strategic location and natural harbors, the city rapidly developed into a major center of trade and culture in the Mediterranean. During the Peloponnesian War, an Athenian expedition that attacked Syracuse was totally destroyed, 415--413 B.C. Under Dionysius I, Syracuse defeated Carthaginian forces that invaded Sicily and became the leading city in the Greek world.During the Punic Wars, Roman forces laid siege
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