Catalog
4 Litrai
| Issuer | Tauromenion |
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| Year | 304 BC - 289 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG ANS 4#1122 |
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| Reverse description | A Apolline tripod depicted in full frontal view at center, rendered in meticulous detail with a cauldron surmounted by a patera or disk finial, supported by three legs joined by curved struts and terminating in leonine feet. Two tall torches or thyrsi flank the tripod on either side, each topped with a circular disk or wheel motif. The Greek ethnic legend ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ is inscribed in two sections flanking the central device, divided across the left and right fields, with a magistrate's name or abbreviation ΑΡΙ also present. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tauromenion — modern Taormina on Sicily's east coast — occupied an unusual political position during this period, having been refounded by Timoleon of Corinth in the 340s BC after the original settlement was destroyed. By the early third century, the city was navigating the competing pressures of Agathokles of Syracuse, who ultimately seized control around 289 BC, ending the city's brief autonomy. This coin almost certainly belongs to the final decades before that absorption.
The SNG ANS 1122 reference places it within a small, well-documented group from this mint.