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Sicily, Paropos Æ16. Circa 200-150 BC. Laureate and bearded head left, dotted border / Hound at bay to right, ΠΑΡΟΠ below, dotted border. Unpublished in the standard references including Campana, CNAI 144, 2000, pp. 11-13; Astarte XIV, 156. 3.05g, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the second recorded example.
From the Amilcare Collection.
Paropos was a coastal settlement in northwestern Sicily, located somewhere between Panormos and Thermai Himeraiai. It was noted by Livy (3.4) that it was from here that Hamilcar inflicted a serious military defeat on Rome in 260 BC during the First Punic War, killing 4000 Roman troops .
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the second recorded example.
From the Amilcare Collection.
Paropos was a coastal settlement in northwestern Sicily, located somewhere between Panormos and Thermai Himeraiai. It was noted by Livy (3.4) that it was from here that Hamilcar inflicted a serious military defeat on Rome in 260 BC during the First Punic War, killing 4000 Roman troops .