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SICILY.
Head of young Dionysos.
Head of Hermes.
Head of Zeus Ammon.
Head of Serapis.
Janiform head of Serapis wearing
modius.
Dionysos in car drawn by panthers .
HE -9
Nike with wreath and palm . ZE -8
Aequitas with scales and cornucopiae .
ZE -9
Isis standing with sceptre and sistrum,
beside her Harpokrates . . ZE i-
Demeter standing with torch and ears
of corn.ZE -95
The coins with marks of value in Roman numerals are clearly con-
temporary with those of Rhegium with similar marks (p. 96). There is
no evidence that the money of Catana was continued after the end
of the second or the beginning of the first century B. C.
Centuripae was a city of the Sikels of some importance as a strong
place. No coins are known of it before the middle of the fourth
century, when, in common with many other Sicilian towns, it was
liberated from tyrannical rule by Timoleon (b.c. 339). It then restruck
the large bronze coins of Syracuse (obv. Head of Pallas, rev. Star-fish
between dolphins) with its own types:—
Circ. B.c. 339.
Head of Persephone as on Syracusan KENTOPIFlNflN Leopard . ZE 1-2
medallions.
Between this time and that of the First Punic War, when it submitted
to Rome, no coins are known.
After circ. B.c. 241.
Dekonkion.
Head of Zeus.
Hemilitron.
Head of Apollo.
Trias.
Hexas.
Uncertain.
Head of Artemis.
Head of Demeter.
Head of Herakles.
Head of Apollo.
Winged fulmen
A
HE i'
Lyre
e © •
© © •
a: -95
Tripod
• 0 •
ZE -85
Plough, on which bird
• •
ZE -65
Club
XI
-5
Laurel-bough
ZE -5
In style these coins are very uniform, and they seem to be all of the
third century B. C. The territory of Centuripae was very productive of
corn, and the inhabitants were farmers on a large scale, ‘arant enim tota
Sicilia fere Centuripini’ (Cic. Uerr., iii. 45).
Cephaloedium, on the north side of the island, stood, as its name implies,
on a headland jutting out into the sea. In early times it formed part of
the territory of Himera. In B.c. 254 it fell into the hands of the Romans,
and it is to this period of Roman dominion that its coins belong.
Circ. B. c. 254-:
KE<t>AAOIAIOY Head of young
Herakles.
Head of bearded Herakles, laur.
Id.
Head of Hermes.
C. CANlNlVS II VIR Young male
head.
10 find later V).
Pegasos.ZE -5
KE4>A Herakles standing . . ZE -95
,, Club, bow, quiver, ancl lion’s
. skin.HE -9
KE<t>A Caduceus.ZE -5
,, Herakles holding club and
apple.ZE -95
SICILY.
Head of young Dionysos.
Head of Hermes.
Head of Zeus Ammon.
Head of Serapis.
Janiform head of Serapis wearing
modius.
Dionysos in car drawn by panthers .
HE -9
Nike with wreath and palm . ZE -8
Aequitas with scales and cornucopiae .
ZE -9
Isis standing with sceptre and sistrum,
beside her Harpokrates . . ZE i-
Demeter standing with torch and ears
of corn.ZE -95
The coins with marks of value in Roman numerals are clearly con-
temporary with those of Rhegium with similar marks (p. 96). There is
no evidence that the money of Catana was continued after the end
of the second or the beginning of the first century B. C.
Centuripae was a city of the Sikels of some importance as a strong
place. No coins are known of it before the middle of the fourth
century, when, in common with many other Sicilian towns, it was
liberated from tyrannical rule by Timoleon (b.c. 339). It then restruck
the large bronze coins of Syracuse (obv. Head of Pallas, rev. Star-fish
between dolphins) with its own types:—
Circ. B.c. 339.
Head of Persephone as on Syracusan KENTOPIFlNflN Leopard . ZE 1-2
medallions.
Between this time and that of the First Punic War, when it submitted
to Rome, no coins are known.
After circ. B.c. 241.
Dekonkion.
Head of Zeus.
Hemilitron.
Head of Apollo.
Trias.
Hexas.
Uncertain.
Head of Artemis.
Head of Demeter.
Head of Herakles.
Head of Apollo.
Winged fulmen
A
HE i'
Lyre
e © •
© © •
a: -95
Tripod
• 0 •
ZE -85
Plough, on which bird
• •
ZE -65
Club
XI
-5
Laurel-bough
ZE -5
In style these coins are very uniform, and they seem to be all of the
third century B. C. The territory of Centuripae was very productive of
corn, and the inhabitants were farmers on a large scale, ‘arant enim tota
Sicilia fere Centuripini’ (Cic. Uerr., iii. 45).
Cephaloedium, on the north side of the island, stood, as its name implies,
on a headland jutting out into the sea. In early times it formed part of
the territory of Himera. In B.c. 254 it fell into the hands of the Romans,
and it is to this period of Roman dominion that its coins belong.
Circ. B. c. 254-:
KE<t>AAOIAIOY Head of young
Herakles.
Head of bearded Herakles, laur.
Id.
Head of Hermes.
C. CANlNlVS II VIR Young male
head.
10 find later V).
Pegasos.ZE -5
KE4>A Herakles standing . . ZE -95
,, Club, bow, quiver, ancl lion’s
. skin.HE -9
KE<t>A Caduceus.ZE -5
,, Herakles holding club and
apple.ZE -95