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                  Web Product ID: 384

                  Price: $975.00
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                  Denomination: 10 Litrai
                  Grade: EF toned
                  Reference: Holloway 40a





  Sicily, Syracuse. Hieronymus. 215-214 BC. AR 10 Litrai (8.49 gm). Diademed bust of
  Hieronymus left; reversed K behind / Winged thunderbolt; KI above. Holloway 40a
  (O21/R32); Dewing 962. Toned EF. Nice metal, pleasing portrait. $975.




  This sharp silver piece displays an excellent portrait of this short-sighted and
  short-reigning king. The grandson of Hieron II, Hieronymous wasted little time after
  gaining the throne to reverse the policy of his grandfather and ally Syracuse with
  Carthage against Rome. While seemingly a logical move at the time (Hannibal had just
  inflicted three crushing defeats on the Romans, and seemed to be on the verge of
  total victory), it brought nothing but misery to his prosperous city. Hieronymus was
  murdered, possibly at the behest of Rome, early in 214 BC, but the cabal that seized
  power also pursued a pro-Carthage policy that led to the Romans laying siege to
  Syracuse and sacking it in 212 BC.