Abacaenum

[4] Its territory originally included that of Tyndaris, which was separated from it by the elder Dionysius when he founded that city in 395 BC.

[9] There can be little doubt that the ruins visible in the time of Tommaso Fazello, at the foot of the hill on which the modern town of Tripi is situated, were those of Abacaenum.

He speaks of fragments of masonry, prostrate columns, and the vestiges of walls, indicating the site of a large city, but which had been destroyed to its foundations.

[10] Abacaenum is famous for its mint and its silver and copper coins that bear the classic symbols of sows, boars and acorns found in museums around the world.

The acorns evidently refer to the great forests of oak which still cover the neighbouring mountains and give pasture to large herds of swine.