bgr_978330 - SICILY - NAKONA Hexas
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Type : Hexas
Date: c. 350-300AC.
Mint name / Town : Nakone, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,23 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée. Très beau portrait de Poséidon, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Poséidon à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Guerrier avançant à droite tenant une lance et un bouclier.
Reverse legend : N-A
Reverse translation : (de Nakone).
Historical background
SICILY - NAKONA
5th - 4th century BC.
The city whose exact location is not attested was founded in the 5th century BC in the western part of the island. The city was occupied in the following century by Campanian mercenaries. Then Nakone fell under the influence of the Mamertines in the 3rd century before disappearing definitively in the 1st century BC..
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