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Litra
| Issuer | Eryx (Sicily) |
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| Year | 446 BC - 435 BC |
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| Value | 1 Litra |
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| Obverse description | A hound rendered in profile, standing to right, depicted in a naturalistic archaic style with lean musculature and a curled tail raised above the back. The animal occupies the central field, its alert posture conveying motion restrained. A partial border of dots frames the design along the left and lower periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Eryx sat atop its mountain stronghold on Sicily's northwestern tip, perpetually contested between Carthaginian and Greek interests throughout the fifth century. This litra dates to a period when the city operated with enough autonomy to strike its own silver — a window that closed as Carthaginian dominance in the region tightened after 409 BC and the great Sicilian cities burned. The denomination itself, the litra, was the indigenous Siceliote monetary unit predating Greek colonial influence, later rationalized into the Attic weight system.