v34_0048 - SICILY - ALASEA (KAINON) Hemilitron, (MB, Æ23)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Hemilitron, (MB, Æ23)
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kainon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 9,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable et lisible. Patine vert noir granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXV, n° 31
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Griffon bondissant à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : KAINON.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche, la bride sur le cou.
Reverse translation : (De Kainon).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1169). La ligne d’exergue fait penser à une massue.
Heavyweight. Appears to be from the same dies as the American Numismatic Society specimen (ANS. 1169). The exergue line is reminiscent of a club.
Heavyweight. Appears to be from the same dies as the American Numismatic Society specimen (ANS. 1169). The exergue line is reminiscent of a club.
Historical background
SICILY - ALASEA (KAINON)
(4th century BC)
The creation of Kainon (Caena) is certainly linked to the arrival of the Corinthian Timoleon in Sicily in 345 BC. He was considered a liberator by the Sicilians. The presence of Timoléon profoundly modified the coinage. A significant number of cities minted a civic coinage like perhaps Kainon that B. Head considered federal or symmachic.
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