Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG - Auction 396, Lot 1005
SICILIA.
Æ, reign of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14, LILYBAION, Proconsul Q. Terentius Culleo, 24 mm, 10.02 g. CAESAR – AVGVSTVS, bare head r.//Q · TERENTIO · CVLLEONE [PROCOS LILVB], laureate head of Apollo r. Calciati 16; RPC 657; SNG ANS 284.
Very fine
Ex Collection Righetti II, Auctiones AG 29, Basel 2003, lot 97.
The Carthaginians had founded Lilybaion in 397/396 BC in place of the destroyed Motye today being a centre of tourism. After its foundation Lilybaion quickly developed into an im...