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SICILY, Paropos. Circa 200-150 BC. Æ (15.5mm, 2.33 g, 12h). Laureate and bearded head left / Hound at bay right; ΠAPΩΠ below. Roma E-Sale 69, lot 313 (hammer £1700), otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Green-brown patina. VF. Extremely rare, one of two known.
From the Martinez Collection. Ex Astarte XIV (24 April 2004), lot 156.
Paropos was a coastal settlement in northwestern Sicily, located somewhere between Panormos and Thermai Himeraiai. During the First Punic War, a Roman army was ambushed and slaughtered by the Carthaginian forces near the city. Until the appearance of this issue, the coinage of the city consisted of two very rare bronzes in two separate denominations.
From the Martinez Collection. Ex Astarte XIV (24 April 2004), lot 156.
Paropos was a coastal settlement in northwestern Sicily, located somewhere between Panormos and Thermai Himeraiai. During the First Punic War, a Roman army was ambushed and slaughtered by the Carthaginian forces near the city. Until the appearance of this issue, the coinage of the city consisted of two very rare bronzes in two separate denominations.