Pentonkion

Features

Issuer	Mamertinoi (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	220 BC - 200 BC
Value	Pentonkion (5⁄12)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	8.33 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 557170
References	CNS# 26 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , HGC 2# 850 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo left; lyre behind.

Reverse

Warrior standing facing, holding sheathed sword and spear; shield and Π (mark of value) to right.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
MAMEΡTINΩN
Π

Mint

Mamertini, modern-day Messina, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (220 BC - 200 BC)

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