Savoca Coins
Online Auction 31 | Silver 10 Mar 2019
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Islands off Attica. Salamis circa 339-318 BC.
Bronze Æ
16 mm., 3,82 g.
Head of nymph Salamis right, wearing stephanos / ΣΑΛΑ, shield of Ajax, to right his sword in its sheath, triskeles on shield.
very fine
See Head, Historia Numorum, pg. 392.
The shield and sword are those of Ajax, the son of Telamon, to whom there was a temple in the island (Paus. i. 35. 3), and in whose honour the festivals called ΑIANTEIA were celebrated. This coin was doubtless issued on these occasions.
Bronze Æ
16 mm., 3,82 g.
Head of nymph Salamis right, wearing stephanos / ΣΑΛΑ, shield of Ajax, to right his sword in its sheath, triskeles on shield.
very fine
See Head, Historia Numorum, pg. 392.
The shield and sword are those of Ajax, the son of Telamon, to whom there was a temple in the island (Paus. i. 35. 3), and in whose honour the festivals called ΑIANTEIA were celebrated. This coin was doubtless issued on these occasions.