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No. Wt.
1474
PI. 56
1475
PI. 56
I476
PL 56
122
7-90
256.2
16.60
261 .6
16.95
Metal
Size.
iR.21
iR28
^24
SICILY
DESCRIPTION
Panormus.
(palermo)
" The most important of all the Phoenician towns in Sicily. No coins
were struck there previous to the great repulse of the Carthaginians at
Himera in B. C. 480." (Hist. Num., p. 161.)
Circ. B. C. 480-409.
Head of Nymph to r., hair tied at the back ; behind, cray-fish
upwards : concave field.
J$L. T ANO P MOI. Dog to r. : border of dots. — Didrachm.
Cf. B. M. Cat., p. 121, n° 3.
Cf. Jameson Cat., PI. xxxin, 688.
Siculo-Punic.
After circ. B. C. 409.
(Trist sale, 1895 ; lot 52.)
Head of Arethusa (copied from Kimon's Syracusan decadrachm,
type I) to 1., hair in net, bound by sphendone, wears earring and
necklace : around, four dolphins : border of dots, within circular
incuse.
^L. YTj)Y* = Zi\ (in ex.). Quadriga to r. driven by charioteer
holding reins and goad ; horses cantering ; above, Nike flying to 1.
crowning charioteer ; in ex., wingless sea-horse to r. ; double
exergual line :
border or dots. — Tetradrachm.
Evans, Num. Chron., 1891, PI. ix, 8.
Comparette, Bement Cat., p. 22, n° 69 (this coin).
(H. Hoffmann, 1883.)
Female head to r., wearing necklace, earring with pendant, and
broad diadem round which the hair is rolled ; in front, two
dolphins.
T$L. Y^fJIY* = Ziz(in ex.). Quadriga to 1., driven by bearded chario-
teer ; horses in high action ; above, Nike flying to r. crowning
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