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| Issuer | Alaisa Archonidea |
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| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Pegasus depicted in flight, moving to the left, with wings spread and forelegs extended; the figure is rendered in a bold, archaic Sicilian style with strong relief. The underside of the horse shows typical Siculo-Greek artistic conventions of the fourth century BC. The field is plain and unlettered, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Obverse script | Ancient Greek |
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Alaisa Archonidea was a Sikel settlement in northeastern Sicily, one of several indigenous communities that maintained a degree of autonomy during the prolonged contest between Carthage and Syracuse in the fourth century. The city struck bronze coinage in its own name during a window of relative independence — a civic assertion that was geographically and politically precarious given its position between competing powers.
The SNG ANS 3 reference places this firmly within a documented but thinly represented series. Surviving examples are scarce enough that die studies remain incomplete.