Sicily

Regions

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10260

Die Studies

• Abacaenum (Campanian mercenaries), bronze, hemilitrai (female head/bull) (280-270 BCE)
• AC 43 - Eryx, silver, hemilitrae (464-455 BCE)
• AC 44 - Gela, silver, didrachms (490-475 BCE)
• AC 44a - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (490-475 BCE)
• AC 45 - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (480-470 BCE)
• AC 45a - Gela, silver, drachms (480-470 BCE)
• AC 46 - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (465-450 BCE)
• AC 47 - Gela, silver, litrae (465-450 BCE)
• AC 48 - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (450-440 BCE)
• AC 49 - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (440-430 BCE)
• AC 50 - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (430-425 BCE)
• AC 51 - Gela, silver, litrae (430-425 BCE)
• AC 52 - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (425-420 BCE)
• AC 52a - Gela, silver, didrachms (425-420 BCE)
• AC 53a - Gela, silver, didrachms (420-415 BCE)
• AC 54 - Gela, silver, tetradrachms (415-405 BCE)
• AC 54a - Gela, gold, litrae (415-405 BCE)
• AC 54b - Gela, gold, double litrae (415-405 BCE)
• AC 54c - Gela, gold, third litrae (415-405 BCE)
• AC 54d - Gela, bronze, trientes (420-405 BCE)
• AC 54e - Gela, bronze, unciae (420-405 BCE)
• AC 56 - Himera, silver, drachms (530-482 BCE)
• AC 57 - Himera, silver, obols (530-482 BCE)
• AC 58 - Himera, silver, didrachms (480-470 BCE)
• AC 59 - Himera, silver, drachms (480-470 BCE)
• AC 60 - Himera, silver, tetradrachms (472-409 BCE)
• AC 61 - Himera, silver, didrachms (450-450 BCE)
• AC 62 - Zancle, silver, drachms (515-493 BCE)
• AC 62a - Zancle, silver, obols (515-493 BCE)
• AC 63 - Messana, silver, tetradrachms (494-489 BCE)
• AC 64 - Messana, silver, tetradrachms (488-481 BCE)
• AC 64a - Messana, silver, litrae (488-481 BCE)
• AC 64b - Messana, silver, unciae (488-481 BCE)
• AC 65 - Messana, silver, tetradrachms (480-461 BCE)
• AC 65a - Messana, silver, didrachms (480-461 BCE)
• AC 65b - Messana, silver, litrae (480-461 BCE)
• AC 66 - Messana, silver, tetradrachms (460-426 BCE)
• AC 66a - Messana, gold, dilitra (455-451 BCE)
• AC 66b - Messana, silver, drachms (460-426 BCE)
• AC 67 - Messana, silver, litrae (440-430 BCE)
• AC 67a - Messana, silver, hemilitrae (433-429 BCE)
• AC 67b - Messana, silver, hexantes (460-426 BCE)
• AC 68 - Messana, silver, tetradrachms (425-396 BCE)
• AC 68a -Messana, silver, drachms (425-396 BCE)
• AC 69 - Messana, silver, litrae (420-413 BCE)
• AC 69a - Messana, bronze, tetrantes (420-413 BCE)
• AC 69b - Messana, bronze, hexantes (420-413 BCE)
• AC 70 - Messana, bronze, hemilitrae (411-408 BCE)
• AC 71 - Messana, bronze, tetrantes (407/6-396 BCE)
• AC 75 - Naxus, silver, drachms (530-490 BCE)

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Overstriking coins

• 925 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Agora, 103, Dec. 2021, 13)
• 1180 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (CNG, 118, Sept 2021, 63)
• 1593 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Hicetas) (Persephone/biga) (Hirsch, 264, Nov. 2009, 58)
• 1695 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Spink, 3014, Oct. 2004, 4)
• 1696 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Minerva/prow) over Syracuse (Hiero/thunderbolt) (Hersh 1953, 28c)
• 1702 - Segesta (didrachm hound/Aigiste) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Gorny & Mosch, 215, Oct. 2013, 683)
• 1793 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Acireale, Pennisi coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 5)
• 1832 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes coll., 894)
• 1848 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Rome) (AE Heracles/boar) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (Ebay Lanz, 6 May 2017)
• 1878 - Gela (tetradrachm biga/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (Savoca Coins Live Online Auction, 7, Feb. 2016, 58)
• 1892 - Gela (tetradrachm biga/man-faced bull) over Catana (man-faced-bull/Nike) (New York Sign., 3021, Jan. 2013, 21470)
• 1917 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Minerva/prow) over Syracuse (Hiero/thunderbolt) (Hersh 1953, 28a)
• 1931 - Gela (tetradrachm) (quadriga/man-headed bull) over uncertain type (CNG, May 2012, 345)
• 1933 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 358, Aug. 2015, 9)
• 1948 - Himera (drachm) (rooster/incuse square) over Himera (rooster/incuse square) (Gorny & Mosch, 253, March 2018, 59)
• 1976 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Kricheldorf 28, June 1974, 34)
• 1985 - Gela (tetradrachm) (quadriga/man-headed bull) over Mende (Dionysus/incuse square) (New York, ANS, 1959.126.1)
• 1986 - Catana (tetradrachm biga/Apollo) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics Auction, 14, Sept. 2017, 59)
• 2002 - Eryx (didrachm hound/nymph) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 215, Oct. 2013, 681)
• 2012 - Syracuse (tetradrachm biga/Arethusa) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (New York, ANS, 1954.12.1)
• 2069 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Catana (Apollo/biga) (Gorny & Mosch, 180, Oct. 2009, 31)
• 2078 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man-faced bull/Nike) over Naxos (Dionysus/Silenus) (Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City, May 1995, 46)
• 2084 - Segesta (didrachm hound/Aigeste) over Camarina (Camarina/Hipparis) (Pennisi coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 14)
• 2091 - Gela (didrachm horseman/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 66)
• 2112 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll. 33)
• 2124 - Ameselon (AE Athena/tripod) over Morgantina (Athena/lion) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 145)
• 2143 - Alaesa (AE Sicilia/Heracles) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (M&M, 39, Nov. 2013, 9)
• 2146 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Selinus (biga/Selinos) (Gemini, 9, Jan. 2012, 3)
• 2149 - Adranum (AE - Apollo/lyre) over uncertain type (M&M, 21, May 2007, 53)
• 2150 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Berlin, MK - Westermark 1979, n° 17)
• 2153 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Mamertines (Man-faced bull/Nike) (NAC, 27, 12 May 2004, 71)
• 2155 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, 3, May 2011, 60)
• 2163 - Hipana (AE Astragalus/bull) over Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (head/horse) (Bertolami, EA 68, March 2019, 176)
• 2165 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man faced bull/Nike) over uncertain type (NYINC Signature Sale 3037, Jan. 2015, 30860)
• 2169 - Syracuse (AE Persephone/Pegasus) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 57, April 2001, 115)
• 2173 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 204, March 2012, 159)
• 2175 - Ameselon (AE Athena/tripod) over Morgantina (Athena/lion) (Savoca, EA 24, July 2018, 21)
• 2179 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, O, May 2004, 1304)
• 2181 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 5, Feb. 2014, 138)
• 2182 - Hipana (AE Astragalus/bull) over Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (head/horse) (MacDonald coll., 32)
• 2183 - Gela (litra) (horse/man-headed bull) over uncertain type (Agora Auctions, 52, March 2016, 002)
• 2184 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Agathocles) (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Rusty Pennies, FPL, 44)
• 2188 - Agyrium (AE Athena/bow & quiver) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 116)
• 2194 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, EA 374, May 2016, 125)
• 2197 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (CNG, 91, Sept. 2012, 74)
• 2198 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 7)
• 2201 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Gorny & Mosch, 134, Oct. 2004, 1128)
• 2203 - Panormus (AE Athena/triskeles) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 47, June 2018, 68)
• 2205 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 64, May 2012, 685)
• 2207 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (man-faced bull/Nike) (Siracusa, MA, 25072 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 12)

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Overstruck coins

• 922 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Triton, XXV, Jan. 2022, 39)
• 925 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Agora, 103, Dec. 2021, 13)
• 1593 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Hicetas) (Persephone/biga) (Hirsch, 264, Nov. 2009, 58)
• 1696 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Minerva/prow) over Syracuse (Hiero/thunderbolt) (Hersh 1953, 28c)
• 1704 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (London, BM, 1843-1-16.62)
• 1712 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 459)
• 1713 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Noe 1957, pl. VII, k)
• 1718 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean, 2230)
• 1729 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (Naples, MA, Fiorelli 2337)
• 1745 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Berlin, MK)
• 1751 - Neapolis (AE Apollo/Achelous) over Syracuse (Zeus/trident) (Nottingham, The Castle Museum)
• 1759 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (London, BM, 1946-1-1.754)
• 1781 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (London, BM)
• 1784 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Rago 1962, p. 7)
• 1787 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (New York, ANS)
• 1804 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 101)
• 1824 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 2231)
• 1832 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes coll., 894)
• 1840 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (Triton, I, Dec. 1997, 83)
• 1844 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Syracuse (horseman/Arethusa) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 104)
• 1848 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Rome) (AE Heracles/boar) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (Ebay Lanz, 6 May 2017)
• 1858 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Savoca Numismatik, EA 21, March 2018, 15)
• 1861 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 452)
• 1874 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Künker, EA 31, Oct. 2014, 21)
• 1887 - Taras (nomos Taras/shell) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (NAC, P, May 2005, 1023)
• 1889 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 153)
• 1892 - Gela (tetradrachm biga/man-faced bull) over Catana (man-faced-bull/Nike) (New York Sign., 3021, Jan. 2013, 21470)
• 1900 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (Selinon leaf/incuse square) (New York, ANS)
• 1917 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Minerva/prow) over Syracuse (Hiero/thunderbolt) (Hersh 1953, 28a)
• 1922 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Athens, MN - Noe 1957, pl. VIII, e)
• 1932 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Noe 1957, p. 35, o)
• 1948 - Himera (drachm) (rooster/incuse square) over Himera (rooster/incuse square) (Gorny & Mosch, 253, March 2018, 59)
• 1949 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Gotha, Regling collection - Noe 1957, pl. 12, r)
• 1959 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 82, Sept. 2009, 165)
• 1966 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, EA 67, Sept. 2004, 178)
• 1967 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, EA 153, Nov. 2006, 15)
• 1968 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 148)
• 1974 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle /crab) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 455)
• 1997 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Numismatica Ars Classica, Q, Apr. 2006, 1150)
• 2012 - Syracuse (tetradrachm biga/Arethusa) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (New York, ANS, 1954.12.1)
• 2026 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 155)
• 2037 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Robinson coll. - Noe 1957, pl. X, c)
• 2069 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Catana (Apollo/biga) (Gorny & Mosch, 180, Oct. 2009, 31)
• 2084 - Segesta (didrachm hound/Aigeste) over Camarina (Camarina/Hipparis) (Pennisi coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 14)
• 2094 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (New York, ANS)
• 2112 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll. 33)
• 2123 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Leu - Westermark 1985, 3)
• 2124 - Ameselon (AE Athena/tripod) over Morgantina (Athena/lion) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 145)
• 2143 - Alaesa (AE Sicilia/Heracles) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (M&M, 39, Nov. 2013, 9)
• 2146 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Selinus (biga/Selinos) (Gemini, 9, Jan. 2012, 3)

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Mints

Map

Table

Mint	RegionAncient region.	CountryModern country	CoordinatesGeographical coorindates
Abacaenum	Sicily	Italy	38.049586° N, 15.099481° E
Adranum	Sicily	Italy	37.662847° N, 14.835642° E
Aetna	Sicily	Italy	37.566667° N, 14.900000° E
Agrigentum	Sicily	Italy	37.316667° N, 13.583333° E
Agyrium	Sicily	Italy	37.657497° N, 14.522598° E
Alaesa	Sicily	Italy	37.998080° N, 14.262968° E
Ameselon	Sicily	Italy	37.650000° N, 14.633333° E
Athl	Sicily	Italy	37.933333° N, 13.666667° E
Camarina	Sicily	Italy	36.872287° N, 14.447788° E
Catana	Sicily	Italy	37.502959° N, 15.088142° E
Centuripae	Sicily	Italy	37.624073° N, 14.740017° E
Enna	Sicily	Italy	37.567652° N, 14.279558° E
Eryx	Sicily	Italy	38.036517° N, 12.583607° E
Gela	Sicily	Italy	37.063156° N, 14.258219° E
Herbessus	Sicily	Italy	37.428706° N, 14.300237° E
Himera	Sicily	Italy	37.966667° N, 13.816667° E
Hipana	Sicily	Italy	37.702500° N, 13.436944° E
Leontini	Sicily	Italy	37.285478° N, 14.998115° E
Lilybaeum	Sicily	Italy	37.798405° N, 12.437452° E
Messana	Sicily	Italy	38.192251° N, 15.556634° E
Morgantina	Sicily	Italy	37.431079° N, 14.479296° E
Motya	Sicily	Italy	37.866342° N, 12.469267° E
Mytistratus	Sicily	Italy	37.598609° N, 13.916729° E
Naxus	Sicily	Italy	37.825317° N, 15.266688° E
Panormus	Sicily	Italy	38.116667° N, 13.366667° E
Petra	Sicily	Italy	37.677368° N, 13.598601° E
Rash Melqart	Sicily	Italy	38.038251° N, 14.026402° E
Segesta	Sicily	Italy	37.941433° N, 12.832490° E
Selinus	Sicily	Italy	37.582841° N, 12.825120° E
Sicily (uncertain mint)	Sicily	Italy	37.750000° N, 14.400000° E
Sicily (uncertain Roman mint)	Sicily	Italy	37.383333° N, 14.366667° E
Sicily 2	Sicily	Italy
Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint)	Sicily	Italy	37.816667° N, 12.800000° E
Silerae	Sicily	Italy	37.669568° N, 14.014815° E
Solus	Sicily	Italy	38.082498° N, 13.527452° E
Stiela	Sicily	Italy	37.683800° N, 14.062500° E
Syracuse	Sicily	Italy	37.083333° N, 15.283333° E
Tauromenium	Sicily	Italy	37.852469° N, 15.292135° E
Thermae Himerenses	Sicily	Italy	37.983992° N, 13.696138° E
Zancle	Sicily	Italy	38.192251° N, 15.556634° E

Literature

• Arnold-Biucchi 1990
• Arnold-Biucchi 1992
• Arnold-Biucchi 1996
• Artru 2024
• Bahrfeldt 1904
• BMC Sicily
• Boehringer 1929
• Boehringer 1992
• Boehringer 1997
• Boehringer 1998
• Breglia 1949
• Burnett 1983
• Buttrey 1973
• Buttrey 1989
• Bérend 1993
• Bérend 1998
• Caccamo Caltabiano - Carroccio - Oteri 1997
• Caccamo Caltabiano 1993
• Cahn 1944
• Calciati 1983
• Calciati 1986
• Calciati 1987
• Calciati 1995
• Calciati 1996
• Campana 1992-2003
• Campana 2011
• Campana 2014
• Carroccio 1994
• De Lisle 2021
• DeRose Evans 1987
• Fischer-Bossert 2016
• Fischer-Bossert 2017
• Friedländer 1877
• Gabrici 1935
• Gabrici 1947
• Gallatin 1930
• Garraffo 1984
• Garraffo 1989
• Garraffo 2003
• Gielow 1930
• Gutmann - Schwabacher 1929
• HGC 2
• Hochard 2022
• Holloway 1969
• Hurter 2005
• Hurter 2008
• Ierardi 1995
• Imhoof-Blumer 1878
• Jenkins 1968
• Jenkins 1970

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Authors

• Carmen Arnold-Biucchi
• John Penrose Barron
• Christof Boehringer
• Erich Boehringer
• Laura Breglia
• Andrew M. Burnett
• Theodore V. Buttrey
• Denyse Bérend
• Maria Caccamo Caltabiano
• Herbert A. Cahn
• Romolo Calciati
• Benedetto Carroccio
• Daniele Castrizio
• DeRose Evans 1987
• Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert
• Ettore Gabrici
• Albert Eugene Gallatin
• Salvatore Garraffo
• Hertha Edith Gielow
• Friederike Gutmann
• Pierre-Olivier Hochard
• Ross R. Holloway
• Jan Hendrik Jongkees
• Ian Lee
• David MacDonald
• Lorenza-Ilia Manfredi
• Jacques-Philippe d'Orville
• Emilia Oteri
• Valeria Perin
• Mariangela Puglisi
• Willy Schwabacher
• Lauri O. Th. Tudeer
• Ulla Westermark