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Live auction - bgr_951309 - SICILY - ABAKAINON Litra

SICILY - ABAKAINON Litra XF
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Estimate : 550 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 29 October 2024 14:01:40
Type : Litra
Date: c. 40-410 AC
Mint name / Town : Abacainon, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,43 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Belle tête. Revers inhabituel. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets métalliques dorés, granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête féminine (nymphe) de trois-quarts de face à droite avec une chevelure ornementée.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ABA.
Reverse description : Truie passant à gauche avec un porcelet devant ; double ligne d’exergue ; au dessus, inscription.
Reverse translation : (Abacainon).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Argent corné. Au revers, notre exemplaire est épigraphe (ABA). L’animal est décrit dans les ouvrages comme une truie. Elle est accompagnée d’un porcelet.
Very light weight. Horned silver. On the reverse, our example is epigraphed (ABA). The animal is described in the works as a sow. She is accompanied by a piglet

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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