Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction IX 22 March 2015
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Sicily, Agyrion Æ Hemilitron. Circa 430 BC. Eagle standing right, olive spray behind / Four-spoked wheel. Calciati III, 2; SNG ANS 1166; SNG Copenhagen 126; SNG Morcom 513. 17.56g, 25mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Exceptional condition for the type, superior to any example on CoinArchives.
From the Eckenheimer collection.
Agyrion was a powerful city of the native Sikels, and was ruled by tyrants; Agyris, a contemporary of Dionysios the Elder, was the most powerful ruler in central Sicily and along with Dionysios successfully resisted the Carthaginian forces led by Mago when they invaded the territory of Agyrion in 392 BC. The city was not colonised by Greeks until, according to Diodorus Siculus (a native of the city), the Corinthian general Timoleon drove out the last tyrant in 339 BC, settled 10,000 colonists and erected various splendid buildings. No traces remain of Agyrion since the modern city overlies the ancient one.
Good Very Fine. Exceptional condition for the type, superior to any example on CoinArchives.
From the Eckenheimer collection.
Agyrion was a powerful city of the native Sikels, and was ruled by tyrants; Agyris, a contemporary of Dionysios the Elder, was the most powerful ruler in central Sicily and along with Dionysios successfully resisted the Carthaginian forces led by Mago when they invaded the territory of Agyrion in 392 BC. The city was not colonised by Greeks until, according to Diodorus Siculus (a native of the city), the Corinthian general Timoleon drove out the last tyrant in 339 BC, settled 10,000 colonists and erected various splendid buildings. No traces remain of Agyrion since the modern city overlies the ancient one.