E-auction 542-465530 - bgr_856743 - SICILY - SOLUS Unité
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 27 € |
| Maximum bid : | 28 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 September 2023 14:02:20 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 300-241 AC.
Mint name / Town : Solus, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,49 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Dauphin nageant à droite.
Obverse legend : SOLON/TINWN
Obverse translation : (De Solus).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Thon nageant à droite.
Historical background
SICILY - SOLUS
(5th - 4th century BC)
Solus was a city of Carthaginian origin located about sixteen kilometers east of Palermo (Panorme). It then passed in the 4th century under Syracusan influence, definitively from Agathokles before falling under the control of the Romans during the first Punic war. It was then a tributary city.
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