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Tetradrachm
| Uitgever | Uncertain Siculo-Punic mint (Punic Sicily) |
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| Jaar | 300 BC - 289 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Youthful head of Herakles facing right, clad in the Nemean lion skin headdress with the scalp tied beneath the chin, rendered in the fine Hellenistic style characteristic of late fourth-century Sicilian coinage. The hair falls in naturalistic curling locks framing the face, and the facial features display a soft, idealized quality influenced by the school of Lysippos. The field is plain and unlettered, with a beaded border encircling the design. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Forepart of a horse facing left with arched neck and finely detailed mane, rendered with great naturalism in the Punic tradition adapted from Sicilian Greek prototypes. A poppy head on a long stem appears in the lower left field, and a tall palm tree rises in the right field, both serving as distinctly Punic symbols. A Phoenician inscription runs along the lower exergual area beneath the horse's chest. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Siculo-Punic coinage of this period was produced by Carthaginian military administration in Sicily to pay mercenary troops — Greek, Campanian, and Libyan soldiers who demanded payment in familiar Hellenic denominations. The mint responsible for this piece remains unlocated; candidates include Panormus, Lilybaeum, and a mobile military mint, with no scholarly consensus settled.
The decade bracketing this issue saw Carthage under sustained pressure from Agathocles of Syracuse, who in 310 BC audaciously carried the war to Africa itself. Coin production was likely irregular, contingent on military need rather than any continuous civic schedule.