Kephaloidion, Cephaloedium, Kephaloidion, modern Cefalu, on the northern coast of western Sicily. In 409 BC when it fell into the hands of the Carthagians it was probably the mint used by them under the name of "Rash Melkarth", the foothills of Herakles. When Italian mercenaries moved to the town under Dionysios of Syracuse, they called themselves "Herakleotai".
| Calciati 245 | Kephaloidion, Sicily AR Drachm. ca 390 BC. EK KEΦAΛOIΔI, head of youthful Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / HΡAKΛEIΩTΩN, bull butting right on trapezoidal tablet, AK monogram above. | Text | Image |
| Calciati 372 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AE Uncia. 14.7 mm, 2.12 gr, 307-305 BC. Head of Herakles left, wearing lionskin, in lined border / Pegasus flying right. Calciati 372. | Text | Image |
| Hoover HGC 643 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AR litra, 11mm, 0.55 g. KEΦAΛOIΔITAN, Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / HΡAKΛEIΩTAN, Bull butting right. Hoover HGC 643; Jenkins 3; Campana 3; Mionnet Supp I, 181. | Text | Image |
| Hoover HGC 650 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AE19, after c. 241 BC. 2.60 g. Head of a Maenad or Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / KE-ΦA, Dionysos wearing long robe, standing left, holding an upright kantharos and thyrsos, resting his left elbow on a column to right, panther at foot left. Hoover HGC 650; Calciati 6; SNG Cop. 232; SNG Munich 534; Mionnet I, 204; SNG Evelpidis 480; Hunter 4-6; Kurth Dionysos 1212; Bernhart 465 corr. | Text | Image |
| Hoover HGC 654 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AE unit, ca 350-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / K (sometimes retrograde), Pegasos flying right. Calciati 5; Hoover HGC 654. | Text | Image |
| Hoover HGC 655 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AE unit, 250-200 BC. Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing Petatos, caduceus over shoulder / KE-ΦA, winged caduceus. Calciati 9; Hoover HGC 655; SNG Cop 233; Mionnet Supp I, 178. | Text | Image |
| Mini 2 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AE Trias. 14mm, 2.4 gr, 307-305 BC. KEΦAΛOI, head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / Pegasus flying right. Minì 2. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet I, 201 Sear SG 1086 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AE20.5 mm, 254-210 BC. Laureate and bearded head of Herakles right / KEΦ-A, lionskin, club and quiver. Mionnet I, 201; SNG ANS 1333; Calciati 10; BMC 4; SNG Cop 230; Hoover HGC 646. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet I, 204 | Kephaloidion, Sicily, AE18, 254-210 BC. 3.91 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / KE-ΦA, Dionysus, wearing long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, resting left elbow on column. Mionnet I, 204; SNG Evelpidis 480; Calciati 6. | Text | Image |
| SNG Munich 526 | Kephaloidion, Sicily AE13. ca 4th Century BC. Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Pegasos flying right. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Magna Graecia Coins of Kephaloidion | ||
| Entry for Kephaloidion on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
| Search for Kephaloidion in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum |
