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Hemilitron
| Issuer | Kronia |
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| Year | 336 BC - 317 BC |
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| Value | Hemilitron (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the classical Sicilian style, with curling hair bound by a laurel wreath. A dotted border encircles the design field. A small delta (Δ) control mark appears in the lower left field before the neck. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kronia was a small settlement in the interior of Sicily whose civic coinage is poorly documented and whose political history between the mid-fourth and early third centuries remains contested among scholars. The hemilitron denomination — a half-litra fraction — reflects the Sikeliot bronze monetary system that smaller Sicilian communities adopted as Syracuse's influence radiated outward, though Kronia's issues are rare enough that die studies remain incomplete.