bgr_413630 - SICILY - KEPHALOEDION Trias
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Type : Trias
Date: c. 339/338 - 307 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cephaloidion, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale irrégulier et éclaté bien centré avec le grènetis visible. Magnifique tête d’Héraklès finement détaillée. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à gauche, coiffée de la léonté ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Commentary
Si G. Buceti a recensé vingt-et-un exemplaires pour ce type avec des poids répartis entre 1,62 g et 2,73 g, il semble néanmoins beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
SICILY - KEPHALOEDION
(4th - 3rd century BC)
The fortress of Cephaloedium was located on the coast not far from Himera. Certainly from a mixed population, Sicle and Greek, the city entered history when Himilcon, a Carthaginian general, signed a treaty with Himère and Cephaloedium with a view to seizing Syracuse. The Carthaginians were crushed by the forces of Dionysius the Elder. With the help of Agrigento, Cephaloedium remained independent until 307 when Agathokles captured the city. During the First Punic War, Cephaloedium was under Carthaginian influence. The city surrendered in 254 BC. It then became a tributary and was the victim of the prevarications of Verres when he governed Sicily.
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