A context for the Apex on Sicilian Coinage?

Posted on by Liv Yarrow

I cannot think of one off-hand, but I’d love to hear ideas.  This ANS specimen got me thinking:

https://i0.wp.com/images.numismatics.org/collectionimages%2F19001949%2F1944%2F1944.100.57218.obv.noscale.jpg/full/full/0/default.jpghttps://i0.wp.com/images.numismatics.org/collectionimages%2F19001949%2F1944%2F1944.100.57218.rev.noscale.jpg/full/full/0/default.jpg

And that led me to the thoughts of Carroccio in SNR 85 (2006) 220:

Capture.JPG

Curiouser and Curiouser.

Update 7/11/2018:

Hispani specimen:

Capture.JPG

AND then these odd coins from Melita (Malta) with a Punic inscription which I think are likely related in some fashion.  The Melita coin is typically put 211-175 BCE (I think because of weight standard, but I’m unclear on this):

Capture.JPG

Published by Liv Yarrow

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s