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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Other Sicily| > GB65636
Segesta, Sicily, c. 2nd - 1st Century B.C.
|Other| |Sicily|, |Segesta,| |Sicily,| |c.| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|, Segesta, in the northwestern Sicily, was one of the major cities of the Elymians, one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily. Ionian Greeks settled in the city and the Elymians were quickly Hellenized. Segesta was in eternal conflict with Selinus. The first clashes were in 580 - 576 B.C., and again in 454 B.C. In 415 B.C. Segesta asked Athens for help against Selinus, leading to a disastrous Athenian expedition in Sicily. Later they asked Carthage for help. After Carthage destroyed Selinus, Segesta remained a loyal ally. It was besieged by Dionysius of Syracuse in 397 B.C., and destroyed by Agathocles in 307 B.C., but recovered. In 276 B.C. the city allied with Pyrrhus, but changed sides and surrendered to the Romans in 260 B.C. Due to the mythical common origin of the Romans and the Elymians (both descendants of refugees from Troy), Rome designated Segesta a "free and immune" city. In 104 B.C., the slave rebellion led by Athenion started in Segesta. Little is known about the city under Roman rule. It was destroyed by the Vandals.
GB65636. Bronze AE 16, Calciati I p. 303, 53; BMC Sicily p. 137, 63; SNG Cop 590; SNG ANS -, Fair, Segesta mint, weight 3.283g, maximum diameter 16.3mm, die axis 0o, Roman rule, c. 2nd - 1st century B.C.; obverse diademed head of Segesta right; reverse horseman standing left beside his horse, spear diagonal behind; very rare; SOLD











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