bgr_978348 - SICILY - SOLUS Tetras
175.00 €(Approx. 204.75$ | 152.25£)
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Type : Tetras
Date: c. 300-241 AC.
Mint name / Town : Solus, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince, centré. Joli portrait. Fine usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à droite.
Commentary
R. Calciati ne connaissait que quatre exemplaires. Pour ce type G. Buceti a recensé vingt-trois exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 1,52 et 3,42 g.
R. Calciati knew of only four examples. For this type G. Buceti recorded twenty-three examples with weights between 1.52 and 3.42 g.
R. Calciati knew of only four examples. For this type G. Buceti recorded twenty-three examples with weights between 1.52 and 3.42 g.
Historical background
SICILY - SOLUS
(5th - 4th century BC)
Solus was a city of Carthaginian origin located about sixteen kilometers east of Palermo (Panorme). It then passed in the 4th century under Syracusan influence, definitively from Agathokles before falling under the control of the Romans during the first Punic war. It was then a tributary city.
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