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4 Litrai
| Issuer | Tauromenion |
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| Year | 304 BC - 289 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Tauromenion |
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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.