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bgr_374585 - SICILY - KEPHALOEDION Trias

SICILY - KEPHALOEDION Trias XF/AU
220.00 €(Approx. 237.60$ | 189.20£)
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Type : Trias
Date: c. 339/338 - 307 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cephaloidion, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron foncé

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse description : Pégase volant à droite.

Historical background


SICILY - KEPHALOEDION

(4th - 3rd century BC)

The fortress of Cephaloedium was located on the coast not far from Himera. Certainly from a mixed population, Sicle and Greek, the city entered history when Himilcon, a Carthaginian general, signed a treaty with Himère and Cephaloedium with a view to seizing Syracuse. The Carthaginians were crushed by the forces of Dionysius the Elder. With the help of Agrigento, Cephaloedium remained independent until 307 when Agathokles captured the city. During the First Punic War, Cephaloedium was under Carthaginian influence. The city surrendered in 254 BC. It then became a tributary and was the victim of the prevarications of Verres when he governed Sicily.

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