Description: Sicily, Leontini (210 - 200 BC). Laureate head of Apollo left; plow behind / ΛEON-TINON; lion walking left.

Diameter: AE13 mm

Weight: 1,84 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: Calciati III pg. 83, 14

Commentary: olive-green patina

History: After the Romans took the city in 214 BC, the inhabitants were treated mildly, only the Roman deserters who joined the forces of Hippocrates, the pro-Carthaginian commander from Syracuse, were ordered to be beaten with rods and put to death.

Article Number: 047-04-04-41652