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bgr_624499 - SICILY - ABAKAINON Litra

SICILY - ABAKAINON Litra XF
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Price : 210.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 440-430 AC
Mint name / Town : Abakainon, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,62 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan corrodé bien centré à l’usure régulière
Catalogue references :
ANS.-  - GC.-  - BMC.- var - MIAMG.-  - Cop.-  - HGCS. 2/8 (R2)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ABAKA.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : AI/N//I.
Reverse description : Sanglier debout à droite.

Commentary

Sur cet exemplaire,le grain d’orge n’est pas visible.

Historical background

SICILY - ABAKAINON

(5th century BC)

Abakainon (Abaceno) was in the northern part of Sicily, contiguous to the territory of Messina. The city often opposed the Syracusan hegemony, of Dionysius, Agathocles or Hieron II and allied itself with the Carthaginians. Abakainon fought with Hieron II against the Mamertines in 269 BC..

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