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The Anders Collection 8 Sep 2022
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Sicily, Paropos Æ 16mm. Circa 200-150 BC. Laureate and bearded male head to left / Hound at bay to right, ΠΑΡΟΠ below. Unpublished in the standard references including Campana, CNAI 144, 2000, pp. 11-13; CNG 115, 48 = Astarte XIV, 156. 3.05g, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the second recorded example.
From the Anders Collection, collector's tickets included;
Ex Amilcare Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 69, 16 April 2020, lot 313 (hammer: GBP 1,700).
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 Anders Collection, collector's tickets included;
Ex Amilcare Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 69, 16 April 2020, lot 313 (hammer: GBP 1,700).
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 .