Sicily

Sicily, Scylletium Bronze circa Ivth cent., Æ 19.5mm., 8.36g. Beardless male head left, wearing pileus. Rev. Scylla swimming left, holding oar in l. SNG Lloyd 723. SNG ANS 800. Historia Numorum Italy 2565.

Rare. Traces of overstriking. Dark green patina and about very fine/very fine.





This coin is Not subject to any kind of US import restrictions.

According to J. Morcom, SNG Morcom 878, we attributed this issue to a Sicilian mint. Examlpes have been found in excavations at Locri, but there have also finds in Sicily and a number of examples are overstruck on Syracusan coin type Athena/Hippocamp. Calciati attributes them to unidentified mercenaries and suggest a mint in the locality of Scillezio (north-central Sicily).