Second Punic War
215-214 Syracuse Hieronymus
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) SICILY, SYRACUSE Hieronymus, 215-214 BC |
| Item Description: |
AR 10-Litrai Sicily, Syracuse rv winged fulmen |
| Full Grade: |
NGC XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5 |
| Owner: |
deposito |
Owner Comments:
Hieronymus of Syracuse, punk grandkid succeeded his grandfather Hiero II. in B. C. 216. Under the influence of his uncles, Zoippus and Andranodorus, members of the Council of 15 established by Hiero, Hieronymus opens communications with Hannibal.
"'Then please to allow me too now, O Romans, to maintain my authority by 'sailing back' to see what I can get from Carthage.' The Roman legates perceiving the warmth with which the king was engaging in his policy, said nothing at the time; but returned and informed the praetor who had sent them of what had been said. From that time forward, therefore, the Romans kept a careful watch upon him as an enemy." --- Polybius Book 7