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L1PARA.
Circ. b. c. 300.
Head of young Ares, laureate.
Al PAP AI flN Trident . . . 2E -8
The date of this last coin may easily be fixed by style, the head of
Ares bearing a very close resemblance to that on the coins of Agathocles
and the Mamertini. Shortly after B. c. 300 Lipara fell into the hands
of the Carthaginians, who held it down to B. c. 251, when it was taken by
the Romans. It is to this period of the Roman dominion that the follow-
ing series of struck aes grave belongs :—
Circ. b. c. 251-217.
Head of Hephaestos, wearing conical AI P A P AI 0 N Stern of galley
l’ilos- T‘i-5
Of this coinage there are also Quadrantes, Sextantes, and Unciae, all
with marks of value and of weights which point to an As of from 1600-
2000 grs. This is clearly identical with the Roman As of the Triental
Reduction. The recurrence of the form AIPAPAION in place ofAinAPAIGN
is unusual, and has induced some numismatists to attribute these heavy
pieces to the fifth century. The advanced style of art exhibited by the
head of Hephaestos is, however, quite conclusive as an argument for
placing them after the Roman conquest.
Circ. B.c. 217-89.
After the Uncial Reduction, b.c. 217, the issue of heavy coins ceases,
and they are succeeded by smaller coins of rude work without marks
of value, and reading Al PAP AI GN. The types of most frequent occur-
rence are the following:—
Small bronze coins.
Head of Poseidon.. I Young Hephaestos standing.
Head of Hephaestos. | Hephaestos in fighting attitude.
After circ. b. c. 89.
Head of Hephaestos. I~. MAPKIOC AEYjjdov].
T. ACGNEYC.
AYO ANAPfEC] Forceps.
Here we have the names of two municipal Duumviri, Gaius Marcius
Luci Filins and Gaius Asoneus. This is probably one of the last coins
struck in the island.
Sardinia. Of this island there are no Greek coins. See Eckhel, vol. i.
p. 270, and B. M. Cat. Sic., p. 265.
L1PARA.
Circ. b. c. 300.
Head of young Ares, laureate.
Al PAP AI flN Trident . . . 2E -8
The date of this last coin may easily be fixed by style, the head of
Ares bearing a very close resemblance to that on the coins of Agathocles
and the Mamertini. Shortly after B. c. 300 Lipara fell into the hands
of the Carthaginians, who held it down to B. c. 251, when it was taken by
the Romans. It is to this period of the Roman dominion that the follow-
ing series of struck aes grave belongs :—
Circ. b. c. 251-217.
Head of Hephaestos, wearing conical AI P A P AI 0 N Stern of galley
l’ilos- T‘i-5
Of this coinage there are also Quadrantes, Sextantes, and Unciae, all
with marks of value and of weights which point to an As of from 1600-
2000 grs. This is clearly identical with the Roman As of the Triental
Reduction. The recurrence of the form AIPAPAION in place ofAinAPAIGN
is unusual, and has induced some numismatists to attribute these heavy
pieces to the fifth century. The advanced style of art exhibited by the
head of Hephaestos is, however, quite conclusive as an argument for
placing them after the Roman conquest.
Circ. B.c. 217-89.
After the Uncial Reduction, b.c. 217, the issue of heavy coins ceases,
and they are succeeded by smaller coins of rude work without marks
of value, and reading Al PAP AI GN. The types of most frequent occur-
rence are the following:—
Small bronze coins.
Head of Poseidon.. I Young Hephaestos standing.
Head of Hephaestos. | Hephaestos in fighting attitude.
After circ. b. c. 89.
Head of Hephaestos. I~. MAPKIOC AEYjjdov].
T. ACGNEYC.
AYO ANAPfEC] Forceps.
Here we have the names of two municipal Duumviri, Gaius Marcius
Luci Filins and Gaius Asoneus. This is probably one of the last coins
struck in the island.
Sardinia. Of this island there are no Greek coins. See Eckhel, vol. i.
p. 270, and B. M. Cat. Sic., p. 265.