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SICULO-PUNIC, “Ṣyṣ”. Circa 405-380 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.18 g, 8h). Likely Panormos mint. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; Punic ṢY[Ṣ] in exergue / Head of female right; four dolphins swimming around. Jenkins, Punic 12 (O3/R11); CNS 347; HGC 2, 1004. Toned, die break on reverse (diagnostic for die). VF.
Ex G. Hirsch 267 (5 May 2010), 102; G. Hirsch 261 (7 May 2009), lot 123.
Founded by the Phoenicians in the eighth century BC, Panormos was established along the northern coast of Sicily as a trading post with the indigenous Sicani of the region. The people of Panormos, although active traders like the other Phoenician settlers in Sicily, felt little need for striking their own coinage; instead, they relied upon the regional Greek coinages for their transactions. By the late fifth century, however, as Carthage and its Punic allies were expanding control of the western Mediterranean, it became necessary to begin striking coins in order the pay the mercenaries used to assert Punic power. As a result, cities like Panormos began striking coins which could be integrated into the existing monetary system, and which derived their types for the most part from the Greek city-states in Sicily.
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