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Abakainon
Inventory no: M 8635

Class/status: City

Date: ca. 339/338-317 v. Chr.

Country: Italy
Mint: Abakainon

Obverse: Weiblicher Kopf n. r.
Reverse: [ABAKAI]NINΩN. Protome (Vorderteil) eines menschengesichtigen Stieres n. r.

Production: struck

Coin, Bronze, 7,52 g, 19 mm, 6 h

Vendor (to prev. Owner):
Bertolami Fine Art (Rome)

Previous owners:
Hermann Twiehaus (01.08.1937-)

Publications: Vgl. O. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), HGC 2 (2012) 7 Nr. 29 (ca. 339/338-317 v. Chr.); M. Puglisi, La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo. Circolazione e funzione della moneta (2009) S. 223 Nr. 1; G. Buceti, Monete, storia e topografia della sicilia greca (2010) 15 Nr. 35 (dieses Stück); A. Bertino, Le emissioni monetali di Abaceno, in: Le emissioni dei centri siculi fino all'epoca di Timoleonte e i loro rapporti con la monetazione delle colonie greche di Sicilia, Annali del Istituto Italiano di Numismatica Suppl. 20 (1975) Taf. XVI, 1; CNS I S. 73 Nr. 1-2 (ca. 343-336 v. Chr.).

Provenance: Slg. Twiehaus; ex Bertolami Fine Arts / ACR, E-Auktion 245 (20.05.2023) Nr. 49

Web Portals:
http://ancientsiciliancoins.com/ascoins/view/1340
https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/abacaenum.puglisi_2009.1

Photographer Obverse: Katharina Martin
Photographer Reverse: Katharina Martin

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Recommended Quotation: Digitales Münzkabinett der Universität Münster, M 8635

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