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Hemilitron
| Issuer | Piakos |
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| Year | 420 BC - 400 BC |
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| Diameter | 18.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | A lion attacking a bull or stag, depicted in a dynamic predatory scene typical of Sicilian and Siculo-Punic bronze coinage of this period. The lion, shown in profile leaping from the left, seizes its prey with claws and jaws in a vigorous, well-modelled composition. The victim is rendered collapsing beneath the weight of the predator, its legs buckling. A leafy branch or palm frond appears in the lower right field as a subsidiary decorative element. The scene is executed in bold, confident relief consistent with the artistic conventions of late fifth-century BC Sicilian bronzes. |
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| Mintage | ND (420 BC - 400 BC) |
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Piakos was a short-lived mint operating in the interior of Sicily, almost certainly under Sikel — not Greek — civic authority, making its issues among the rare numismatic evidence for indigenous Sicilian communities asserting their own monetary identity during the late fifth century BC. The city itself is poorly attested in ancient sources, and its precise location remains disputed. This hemilitron, a bronze fractional denomination in the Sicilian system based on sixths of the litra, is the primary type attributed to the mint.
Campana 1 is the single recognized variety.