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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4883551
Area
Coins
Title
Panormos, Sicily, AE14, 400-350 BC, unknown ruler
Country
Face value
Year
-400
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
1.95
Diameter
13.26
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Laureate head of Apollo left
Reverse
Forepart of horse right; below, dolphin right
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
CNS I, n. 12
Details
The city was founded as a colony in the 8th-7th century BC by the Phoenicians and called Ziz (flower). The Greeks renamed it Panormos, which later became Panormus in Latin. Today it is the capital of Sicily, Palermo.
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De stad werd in de 8e-7e eeuw voor Christus door de Feniciërs als kolonie gesticht en Ziz (bloem) genoemd. De Grieken hernoemden het naar Panormos, wat later in het Latijn Panormus werd. In de huidige tijd is het de hoofdstad van Sicilië, Palermo.