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Æ Litra
| Issuer | Alontion |
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| Year | 350 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ |
| Edge | Plain |
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Alontion was a small Sikel settlement in northeastern Sicily whose coinage output was extremely limited, making any surviving bronze essentially a rarity by default. The town appears in ancient sources primarily in connection with Sikel resistance to both Greek and Carthaginian pressure during the fourth century, and its independent coinage reflects a brief window of civic autonomy that did not last.
CNS 1 and BMC Greek 1 designations confirm this as the principal type — there were very few issues to enumerate.