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GREEK COINS
SICILY
PANORMUS

No.: 70
Estimate: $ 250
d=8 mm

Pentonkion (hemilitron), silver, about 440-425 BC. AR 0.25 g. Diademed female(?) head r. Rev. (?) Manganaro, Mikrà 29 and pl. 5, 70 (this specimen). Unique. Toned.
Good very fine

Ex Dr. A. Moretti coll. - The tentative attribution of this issue by Manganaro to the mint of Panormus is based on the letter P on the reverse. He tends to see in it more an abbreviation of the ethnic than a mark of value. The P could as well stand for both interpretations.