bgr_927011 - SICILY - ALASEA (KAINON) Hemilitron
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Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 360-340 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kainon, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 7,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Griffon ailé bondissant à gauche ; sauterelle au-dessous ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche, surmonté d’un astre à huit rais.
Reverse legend : KAINON.
Reverse translation : (Kainon).
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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