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Auction 26 21 May 2023
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SICILY. Abakainon. Circa 430-420 BC. Hemilitra (Silver, 10 mm, 0.30 g, 12 h). Head of a nymph to right, her hair in an ampyx and a sphendone. Rev. [Α]Β[Α] Boar standing to right. Buceti 13. Very rare. Clear and well-centered. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of Leo Mildenberg, acquired from Roberto Russo.
Abakainon, now ruins at the modern town of Tripi, was a Sicel town located between the ancient cities of Tyndaris (Tindari) and Mylae (Milazzo), and was of some importance in the 4th century BC, but disappears from the record after the late 3rd century BC; it is mentioned as a place in Ptolemy's Geography in c. AD 150 but by then it was probably abandoned.
The fact that a boar is its primary coin type, along with heads of Apollo or a nymph, indicates that its hinterlands had a plentitude of game.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of Leo Mildenberg, acquired from Roberto Russo.
Abakainon, now ruins at the modern town of Tripi, was a Sicel town located between the ancient cities of Tyndaris (Tindari) and Mylae (Milazzo), and was of some importance in the 4th century BC, but disappears from the record after the late 3rd century BC; it is mentioned as a place in Ptolemy's Geography in c. AD 150 but by then it was probably abandoned.
The fact that a boar is its primary coin type, along with heads of Apollo or a nymph, indicates that its hinterlands had a plentitude of game.