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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Other Sicily| > GB80787
Entella, Sicily, Roman Rule, Late 2nd - Early 1st Century B.C.
|Other| |Sicily|, |Entella,| |Sicily,| |Roman| |Rule,| |Late| |2nd| |-| |Early| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|, Entella, a flourishing municipal town in inland western Sicily, seems to have taken no part in the struggles between Rome and Carthage. Its territory was fertile in wine and grain, and Cicero praises the inhabitants for their industry in cultivation. Like most of the cities of Sicily, it suffered severely from the exactions of the Roman magistrate Verres, notorious for his misgovernment and extortion, 74 - 70 B.C. Pliny and Ptolemy write of Entella but no further notice of it is found in ancient authors. It continued to exist until the 13th century, when, having been converted into a stronghold by the Saracens, it was taken by the emperor Frederick II and utterly destroyed, the inhabitants were removed to Nocera near Naples.
GB80787. Bronze AE 17, Calciati I p. 322, 19/1; SNG Cop 240; HGC 2 241 (R2), gF, Entella mint, weight 3.681g, maximum diameter 16.6mm, die axis 0o, late 2nd - early 1st century B.C.; obverse Dionysos head right, no legend; reverse ENTEΛ/ΛINΩN, bunch of grapes; very rare; SOLD











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