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| Soloi, Sicily, c. 300 - 254 B.C. |   | |
| SH57303. Bronze AE 16, Calciati I, p. 312, 16; SNG ANS 744, gVF, reverse die break, weight 1.334 g, maximum diameter 15.4 mm, die axis 270o, Soloi mint, c. 300 - 254 B.C.; obverse short-bearded male (Hercules?) head right, wearing hoop earring; reverse free horse galloping right; rare; $500.00 (385.00) |
| Agyrion, Sicily, c. 300 B.C. |  | Calciati notes coins of this type were overstruck on Syracuse Athena / hippocamp litrae, Calciati II, p. 86, 41 - 45. This type is rare and missing from major collections. This particular variant with a trident behind Athena's head is apparently unpublished but there are other examples are online.
Agyrion (modern Agira) was a Sicel city ruled by tyrants, one of whom, Agyris, was the most powerful ruler in the center of Sicily. In 392 B.C., he and Dionysius the Elder, together successfully resisted the Carthaginians under Magno. Agira was not colonized by the Greeks until the Corinthian general Timoleon drove out the last Sicel tyrant in 339 B.C. and settled 10,000 Greeks.
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| SH63907. Bronze AE 21, Calciati III, p. 135, 20 var (trident not listed); SNG Cop -; SNG ANS -; SNG Mόnchen -, VF, overstruck, weight 8.609 g, maximum diameter 21.1 mm, die axis 0o, Agyrion mint, c. 300 B.C.; obverse head right in crested Attic helmet, trident head downward behind; reverse AGURI/NAION, club; very rare; $250.00 (192.50) |
| Agyrion, Sicily, c. 344 - 336 B.C. |  | Agyrion (modern Agira) was a Sicel city ruled by tyrants, one of whom, Agyris, was the most powerful ruler in the center of Sicily. In 392 B.C., he and Dionysius the Elder, together successfully resisted the Carthaginians under Magno. Agira was not colonized by the Greeks until the Corinthian general Timoleon drove out the last Sicel tyrant in 339 B.C. and settled 10,000 Greeks.
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| GB63889. Bronze AE 14, Calciati III p. 125, 10; SNG ANS -; SNG Morcom -, VF, nice patina, weight 4.086 g, maximum diameter 14.3 mm, die axis 180o, Agyrion mint, c. 344 - 336 B.C.; obverse AGURINAI, young Herakles' head left, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse AGURINAI, forepart of a man-faced bull left, legend horizontal above; rare; $220.00 (169.40) |
| Melita(?), Islands off Sicily, c. 160 - 140 B.C. |  | Uncia and quadrans from the same series are list in Calciati under Panormous. Munzen & Medaillen attributed it to Alaisa. RPC says Sardina and even Africa cannot be ruled out. |
| GB63617. Bronze sextans, RPC I p. 180, 3; Calciati -; SNG ANS -, Fine, weight 4.883 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 0o, obverse laureate head of Apollo (or Isis) left with three curly locks; reverse three heads of grain, Q (quaestor?) above, two pellets left; ex Munzen & Medaillen; extremely rare; $200.00 (154.00) |
| Melita (Malta), Islands off Sicily, c. 180 - 170 B.C. |  | The letters aleph, nun, nun, are commonly taken to indicate the Punic and pre-Roman name of Malta, GHONAN, which would mean ship, an allusion to the fact that the tiny Maltese islands, seen from afar would look like a number of ships in the center of the sea. |
| GB63618. Bronze triens, Calciati III p. 353, 6; Coleiro 7a; SNG Evelpidis 740-741; SNG Cop 461 (North Africa), F, weight 2.610 g, maximum diameter 16.1 mm, die axis 0o, Melita (Malta) mint, c. 180 - 170 B.C.; obverse diademed and veiled female head right; reverse tripod lebes with three loop handles and lion paws feet, Phoenician letters aleph nun nun upwards on left and again downwards on right; rare; $200.00 (154.00) |
| Eryx, Sicily, c. 400 - 340 B.C. |  | Eryx stood on the summit of an isolated mountain at the north-west extremity of Sicily. Calciati notes, "There are considerable variations in the minting technique of these small bronzes. Besides coins which have been struck in pairs with pronounced tangs cut by shears there are blanks with rounded edges and truncated-conic ones. A common feature is an imperfect technique, which is otherwise justified by the fact that these small coins were produced for local needs." This Eryx type is similar to an issue from Syracuse but struck with crude dies on crude flans.
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| SH63885. Bronze onkia, Calciati I p. 287, 24; SNG ANS -, VF, weight 1.315 g, maximum diameter 10.5 mm, die axis 180o, Eryx mint, c. 400 B.C.; obverse female head right; reverse octopus; scarce; $200.00 (154.00) |
| Tauromenion, Sicily, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | In 345 B.C., Timoleon crossed from Rhegium, eluding the Carthaginians guarding the Straits of Messina, and landed at Tauromenion. The city was ruled by Andromachus, whose mild and equitable administration contrasted strongly with those of the despots and tyrants of the other Sicilian cities. Andromachus welcomed Timoleon and provided him a secure resting place. Timoleon later expelled all the other tyrants in Sicily, but permitted Andromachus to continue his rule.
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| GB63909. Bronze AE 21, Calciati III p. 210, 2; SNG ANS 1109, VF, weight 6.041 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 225o, Tauromenion mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse ARCAGETAS, laureate head of Apollo Archegetes left; reverse TAUROM-ENITAN, bull butting left; $170.00 (130.90) |
| Sicily or Sardinia, Carthaginian Rule, c. 300 - 264 B.C. |  | Calciati notes that although this type is often attributed to Sardina, the frequency of finds in Sicily demonstrates that it was also minted there. |
| GB63621. Bronze AE 19, Calciati p. 395, 21; SNG Cop 173, VF, weight 5.270 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 90o, Sicily or Sardinia mint, c. 300 - 290(?) B.C.; obverse head of Tanit left, hair wreathed with grain, wearing earring and necklace; reverse head and neck of horse right, palm tree right; $160.00 (123.20) |
| Panormos, Sicily, Roman Rule, c. 241 B.C. |  | |
| RR49949. Bronze AE 26, SNG ANS 556; SNG Cop -, Fine, weight 15.823 g, maximum diameter 29.3 mm, die axis 315o, Panormos mint, obverse PANOR-MITAN, helmeted head of Ares right; reverse wreathed head of Kore left; $155.00 (119.35) |
| Leontini, Sicily, c. 476 - 466 B.C. |  | |
| GS51636. Silver obol, Boehringer 19 var (ethnic arrangement), SNG ANS 216 var (same), gF, weight 0.357 g, maximum diameter 10.1 mm, die axis 0o, Leontini mint, c. 476 - 466 B.C.; obverse facing lion's head; reverse LE-ON, barley grain; $135.00 (103.95) |
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