bgr_679480 - SICILY - ALASEA (KAINON) Hemilitron
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Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 365-360 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kainon, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 8,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, centré. Joli griffon. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Griffon bondissant à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche, la bride sur le cou ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : [KAINON].
Reverse translation : (de Kainon).
Commentary
Ce type ne présente pas de symboles adjonctifs sous le griffon et au-dessus du cheval.
Historical background
SICILY - ALASEA (KAINON)
(4th century BC)
The creation of Kainon (Caena) is certainly linked to the arrival of the Corinthian Timoleon in Sicily in 345 BC. He was considered a liberator by the Sicilians. The presence of Timoléon profoundly modified the coinage. A significant number of cities minted a civic coinage like perhaps Kainon that B. Head considered federal or symmachic.
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