Hemilitra

正面描述	Octopus displayed facing, with eight tentacles curling outward symmetrically across the field, rendered in high relief in the archaic Sicilian style. The body of the creature occupies the central field, with the tentacles extending to the coin's periphery. The surface shows characteristic die-hammered texture typical of fifth-century BC Sicilian bronze and silver coinage. No legend or inscription is present. The design is boldly conceived, consistent with the maritime iconographic repertoire common to coastal Sicilian mints of the period.
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铸造量	ND (500 BC - 400 BC)
附加信息	Attribution of this piece remains genuinely contested. Several Sicilian mints produced fractional silver at this weight during the fifth century, and without a secure findspot or die-link to a signed series, confident assignment is impossible. The hemilitra — one-twelfth of a litra in the Sicilian reckoning — circulated alongside Greek and Punic commercial networks simultaneously, making provenance particularly difficult to establish for unattributed examples.

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