Sicily. Tyndaris
Ca 214 BCE
AE 13.64mm 1.60g
Date: Circa 214 BC
Obverse: The caps of the Dioscuri
Reverse: Star of eight rays within circular border of dots
Calciati I 23 type
Tyndaris was the youngest of the cities in Magna Grecia, having been founded only at the beginning of the 4th century by Dionysos of Syracuse. Many of the original inhabitants were exiles from Messana. Given its strategic position, it was hotly contested between the Romans and the Carthaginians in the First Punic War.
Its ruins are extant, including an amphitheater similar to that in Tauromenion.
396 BCE
Tyndaris founded by Dionysos of Syracuse
344 BCE
Tyndaris joins in favor of Timoleon
257 BCE
Battle of Tyndaris involves Tyndaris against the Lipari Islands
254 BCE
Tyndaris expels its Carthaginian garrison and joins the Roman alliance