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CENTUBTPAE — ENTELLA.
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Enna, in the centre of Sicily, stood on a fertile plateau, about three
miles in extent, on the lofty summit of a mountain defended on all sides
by steep cliffs. It was held to be one of the most sacred places in Sicily,
being the chief seat of the cultus of Demeter, and the scene of the rape
of Persephone. Its earliest coins are litrae of the period of early transi-
tional art.
Circ. b. c. 450.
Quadriga driven by Demeter.
HENNAION Demeter with lighted
torch sacrificing at altar . . . .
Al Obol or Litra.
The bronze coins of Enna are of two distinct periods.
Circ. B. c. 340.
Head of Persephone.
AAMATHP Head of Demeter wear-
ing corn-wreath.
Id.
ENNAI ( in ex.) Goat standing in front
of torch between two ears of corn
/E 1.15
ENN AID. N Head of sacrificial ox
with filleted horns . . . /E i-
EN Two corn-grains . . . JE -6
Under the Romans after B. c. 258.
ENN AID. N Demeter standing hold-
ing torch, and figure of Nike.
ENN Al DN Triptolemos standing
naked, holding sceptre.
E N N AID N Head of Hermes.
Grapes in wreath
Plough drawn by serpents .
Figure seated (?) before tree
JE -g
EE g
EE
These statues of Demeter and Triptolemos, the former holding in her
hand a Victory, are mentioned by Cicero (Eerr., iv. 49).
The coins of Enna as a Roman Municipium, reading MVN. HENNAE,
are the latest which we possess of the town. They bear the names
of M. CESTIVS and L. MVNACIVS II VIR[l, and among the remarkable
reverse-types are Hades in quadriga carrying off Persephone and Triptolemos
standing holding ears of corn.
Entella, originally a Sicanian town, stood on a lofty summit in the
interior of the island on the river Hypsas. Its earliest coins are of
silver:—-
Circ. B. C. 480-450.
Female figure sacrificing. ENTEA (retrog.) Man-headed bull
(river Hypsas) . ... JR Litra.
Head of young Herakles in lion’s skin. ENT (retrog.) ’. * JR Hemilitron.
In b. c. 404 the Campanian mercenaries who had been in the service of
the Carthaginians seized upon Entella, which they held for many years.
The following coins were struck under their occupation, but not until the
time of Timoleon. (Head, Syracuse, p. 36 note.) For other coins struck
by the Campanians in Sicily, see Aetna and Nacona.
119
Enna, in the centre of Sicily, stood on a fertile plateau, about three
miles in extent, on the lofty summit of a mountain defended on all sides
by steep cliffs. It was held to be one of the most sacred places in Sicily,
being the chief seat of the cultus of Demeter, and the scene of the rape
of Persephone. Its earliest coins are litrae of the period of early transi-
tional art.
Circ. b. c. 450.
Quadriga driven by Demeter.
HENNAION Demeter with lighted
torch sacrificing at altar . . . .
Al Obol or Litra.
The bronze coins of Enna are of two distinct periods.
Circ. B. c. 340.
Head of Persephone.
AAMATHP Head of Demeter wear-
ing corn-wreath.
Id.
ENNAI ( in ex.) Goat standing in front
of torch between two ears of corn
/E 1.15
ENN AID. N Head of sacrificial ox
with filleted horns . . . /E i-
EN Two corn-grains . . . JE -6
Under the Romans after B. c. 258.
ENN AID. N Demeter standing hold-
ing torch, and figure of Nike.
ENN Al DN Triptolemos standing
naked, holding sceptre.
E N N AID N Head of Hermes.
Grapes in wreath
Plough drawn by serpents .
Figure seated (?) before tree
JE -g
EE g
EE
These statues of Demeter and Triptolemos, the former holding in her
hand a Victory, are mentioned by Cicero (Eerr., iv. 49).
The coins of Enna as a Roman Municipium, reading MVN. HENNAE,
are the latest which we possess of the town. They bear the names
of M. CESTIVS and L. MVNACIVS II VIR[l, and among the remarkable
reverse-types are Hades in quadriga carrying off Persephone and Triptolemos
standing holding ears of corn.
Entella, originally a Sicanian town, stood on a lofty summit in the
interior of the island on the river Hypsas. Its earliest coins are of
silver:—-
Circ. B. C. 480-450.
Female figure sacrificing. ENTEA (retrog.) Man-headed bull
(river Hypsas) . ... JR Litra.
Head of young Herakles in lion’s skin. ENT (retrog.) ’. * JR Hemilitron.
In b. c. 404 the Campanian mercenaries who had been in the service of
the Carthaginians seized upon Entella, which they held for many years.
The following coins were struck under their occupation, but not until the
time of Timoleon. (Head, Syracuse, p. 36 note.) For other coins struck
by the Campanians in Sicily, see Aetna and Nacona.