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Issuer Ameselon (Sicily)
Year 339 BC - 180 BC
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Reference(s) CNS#4-5 , CNAI#4 , HGC 2#44
Obverse description Bare laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine Sicilian style with idealized features; the hair is bound with a laurel wreath, with loose strands falling behind the neck. The portrait occupies the full flan with no visible legend or border.
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Reverse description A kithara (seven-stringed lyre) depicted frontally in the field, with clearly rendered strings, a broad resonating body, and two curved arms joined by a crossbar; the instrument is shown in a schematic yet detailed style characteristic of Sicilian civic bronze coinage. No legend is present.
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Mintage ND (339 BC - 180 BC)
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