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Litra
| Issuer | Herbessos |
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| Year | 344 BC - 338 BC |
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| Value | 1 Litra |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (344 BC - 338 BC) |
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Herbessos was a Sikel settlement in the interior of Sicily whose precise location remains disputed — most scholars place it near modern Ramacca, though the identification is not universally accepted. The city briefly asserted its autonomy during the turbulent period following Timoleon's arrival in Sicily in 344 BC, when Carthaginian pressure and internecine Greek warfare left a power vacuum that smaller indigenous communities briefly exploited through their own coin issues. Herbessos disappears from the historical record shortly after Timoleon's reorganization of Sicilian affairs, which likely ended its minting activity entirely.