Catalog
Æ21
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 212 BC - 210 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing left with wings closed, displayed in profile, perched above a thunderbolt or on a horizontal ground line. The Greek legend ΣYPAKOΣIΩN arcs around the upper portion of the field, identifying the issuing city of Syracuse. This eagle type is a hallmark device of Syracusan bronze coinage and carries strong Zeusian symbolism. The reverse design is executed in the characteristic bold, somewhat schematic style of late Syracusan civic bronzes. |
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| Mint | Syracuse Mint |
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Syracuse fell to Rome in 212 BC after a two-year siege that killed Archimedes and ended the city's long independence. Bronze coinage continued briefly under Roman occupation before Syracuse was fully absorbed into the provincial system, making issues from this narrow window transitional in the strictest sense — struck by a city that no longer governed itself. The BMC 690 / CNS 234–235 attribution places this piece squarely in that terminal phase of Syracusan civic minting.