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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Uncertain Siculo-Punic mint (Punic Sicily) |
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| Year | 407 BC - 398 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 |
| Edge | Plain |
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These coins were struck during one of the most violent episodes in Sicilian history — the Carthaginian offensive launched after Hannibal Mago sacked Selinus and Himera in 409 BC, followed by Himilco's systematic destruction of Akragas, Gela, and Kamarina between 406 and 405 BC. The Siculo-Punic mint producing this type was almost certainly a mobile military operation, generating silver coinage to pay mercenary troops rather than to serve any settled civic economy. The specific attribution remains contested precisely because no permanent mint facility has been archaeologically identified.