bgr_893902 - SICILY - CENTURIPE Sextans
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Type : Sextans
Date: après
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Centuripe, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Déméter, bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Déméter (Cérès) à droite, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon ; derrière, un épi de blé vertical ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE PLACÉE HORIZONTALEMENT.
Reverse description : Araire (charrue) à droite sur lequel est posé une colombe tournée droite ; devant deux globules posés verticalement ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : KENTO/RIPINWN
Reverse translation : (de Centuripe).
Commentary
Au revers l’oiseau est parfois décrit comme une colombe ce qui n’est absolument pas certain. Pour ce type G. Buceti a recensé 79 exemplaires pour trois variété différentes avec des grandes disparités pondérales entre 1,50 g et 5,04 g pour une émission où le nom de la dénomination monétaire n’est pas encore fixé.
On the reverse the bird is sometimes described as a dove which is absolutely not certain. For this type G. Buceti identified 79 examples for three different varieties with large weight disparities between 1.50 g and 5.04 g for an issue where the name of the monetary denomination is not yet fixed
On the reverse the bird is sometimes described as a dove which is absolutely not certain. For this type G. Buceti identified 79 examples for three different varieties with large weight disparities between 1.50 g and 5.04 g for an issue where the name of the monetary denomination is not yet fixed
Historical background
SICILY - CENTURIPE
(4th - 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, the original Szekler, seems to have been founded in the 8th century BC. During the Athenian expedition, Centuripe supported Athens. Ruled by tyrants, first favorable to Athens against Dionysius the Elder. Nikodemos, who had succeeded Damon, was finally overthrown by Timoleon in 339/338 BC. Shared between the Carthaginian and Syracusan zones of influence, it finally fell under the latter's dependence during the 4th century BC. C., especially under Agathokles. Centuripe supported Hieron II in his war against the Mamertine mercenaries. During the First Punic War, Centuripe submitted in 263 BC and therefore remained free. It experienced an intense period of economic and artistic development under Roman rule..
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