11–16 Sept 2022
University of Warsaw
Europe/Warsaw timezone

The hoard of Cala Tramontana in Pantelleria (Trapani-Sicily): preliminary observations

13 Sept 2022, 15:20
20m
Auditorium Maximum - Adam Mickiewicz Hall

Auditorium Maximum - Adam Mickiewicz Hall

Speaker

Lavinia Sole (Università degli Studi di Palermo )

Description

The hoard, still unpublished, was found in 2011 in the waters off Cala Tramontana, along the eastern coast of the island of Pantelleria. It consists of over 3000 Punic bronze coins belonging to the IA series in the Forteleoni classification (1961) with a female head / equine protome (300-264 BC). This contribution will present some reflections on the structure of this assemblage and some observations about its archaeological context and information offered by historical sources, in order to advance interpretative hypotheses regarding the nature of the hoard and the causes of its non-recovery.

Primary author

Lavinia Sole (Università degli Studi di Palermo )

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