bgr_275248 - SICILY - KENTURIPAI Dekonkion
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 750.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 750.00 €
Type : Dekonkion
Date: c. 241 AC.
Mint name / Town : Centuripe, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, extrêmement large, bombé régulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Magnifique portrait de Zeus, bien venu à la frappe de haut relief. Joli revers. très belle patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite ; un petit aigle derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre ailé ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : KENTO/RIPINWN/ D
Reverse translation : (de Centuripe).
Commentary
Exemplaire sans marque à l’exergue du revers, correspondant à la première émission (Calciati 171, 4). Au droit, derrière la tête de Zeus, nous semblons voir une trace de lettres de même qu’au revers sous le K de KENTO. Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage.
example without mark on the exergue of the reverse, corresponding to the first issue (Calciati 171, 4). On the obverse, behind the head of Zeus, we seem to see a trace of letters as well as on the reverse under the K of KENTO. example of exceptional quality for this type of coinage
example without mark on the exergue of the reverse, corresponding to the first issue (Calciati 171, 4). On the obverse, behind the head of Zeus, we seem to see a trace of letters as well as on the reverse under the K of KENTO. example of exceptional quality for this type of coinage
Historical background
SICILY - KENTURIPAI
(3rd century BC)
Centuripe (Kentoripa or Centuripæ), in the center of Sicily, is placed in the valley of Symæthus at the foot of Etna. The city seems to have been founded in the 8th century BC. Shared between the zones of Carthaginian and Syracusan influence, it finally fell under the dependence of the latter during the 4th century BC. First Punic War, Centuripe submitted in 263 BC. It experienced an intense period of economic and artistic development under Roman domination.
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