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E-auction 413-324568 - bgr_453447 - SICILY - MENAINON Hexas

SICILY - MENAINON Hexas XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 34 €
Maximum bid : 35 €
End of the sale : 15 March 2021 14:03:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Hexas
Date: c. 200-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ménainon, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Beau buste d’Hermès. Revers un peu court sur la légende. Jolie patine verte

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d’Hermès à droite coiffé du pétase ailé ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse


Reverse description : Caducée (kyrekeion) ailé vertical ; deux globules dans le champ à gauche; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : MENAI/NWN.
Reverse translation : (de Ménainon).

Commentary


G. Buceti a recensé quatorze exemplaires pour ce type avec des poids compris entre 1,25 g et 2,29 g tandis que R. Calciati n’avait répertorié que quatre exemplaires. Ce type présente des similitudes avec les monnayages d’Alontion, de Centuripe et de Céphalodion.

Historical background


SICILY - MENAINON

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

The city of Ménainon, located near Catania was founded in 459 BC It was mostly a subject city of Syracuse until the Roman conquest at the time of the Second Punic War in 210 BC.

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