PANORMOS

ID

1032

Internal ID

0461+1

Origin

PANORMOS

Material

AR

Nominal

Litra

Obverse (German)

Av.: Kopf einer mit Diadem geschmückten Nymphe n.r., die Haar fallen in den Nacken; herum zwei Delphine n.r.; Perlkreis

Reverse (German)

Poseidon, bekleidet mit Lendenschurz sitzt n.r.; hält in der rechten Hand einen Dreizack und streckt die linke Hand nach einem nach unten schwimmenden Delphin.

Reference

Jenkins,Punic I,pl.24,3; Buceti 338.49

Prepossessor

Nomos

Obverse

Diademed head of a nymph to right, her hair falling down the back of her neck; around, two dolphins swimming to right, dotted border

Reverse

Poseidon, draped from the waist, seated to right, holding a trident in his left hand and extending his right toward a dolphin swimming downwards to right.

Description

Comments

the reverse immediately recalls the reverses of coins from Naxos, with their seated Silens, which go back to the 460s.

Weight (g)

0.71

Diameter (mm)

11

Axis

5

Date

405 BC - 380 BC