Sicily, Solous Æ22. Circa 400-350 BC. Male head left, wearing Attic helmet, Punic letter below / Horse galloping right, caduceus behind. CNS I, 9; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen-; BMC -. 7.82g, 22mm, 1h. Good Extremely Fine, and among the finest known. Small area of bronze disease on rev. removed and restored. Extremely Rare. Solous was one of the three primary Phoenician colonies in Sicily, and was one of the few settlements they retained as they conceded ground in the face of Greek colonisation, retreating to the northwest corner of the island. The city became a dependency of Carthage and remained so until after the fall of Panormos in the Second Punic War, when it opened its gates to the Romans.
Sicily, Solous Æ22. Circa 400-350 BC. Male head left, wearing Attic helmet, Punic letter below / Horse galloping right, caduceus behind. CNS I, 9; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen-; BMC -. 7.82g, 22mm, 1h. Good Extremely Fine, and among the finest known. Small area of bronze disease on rev. removed and restored. Extremely Rare. Solous was one of the three primary Phoenician colonies in Sicily, and was one of the few settlements they retained as they conceded ground in the face of Greek colonisation, retreating to the northwest corner of the island. The city became a dependency of Carthage and remained so until after the fall of Panormos in the Second Punic War, when it opened its gates to the Romans.
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