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SICILY: The Sileraians
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SICILY, The Sileraians (Sileraioi), 6.86g, ca 357-336 BC. Æ Tetras over AE Litra. OBV: Forepart of Acheloios Silaros Himera as a man-faced bull to right, SILERAIWN retrograde before, above, and behind, linear border. REV: Naked Leukaspis charging right with spear & shield. Calciati III S. 301 Em. 2/9; Campana 2; Moretti 417; Castrizio I, 2/1; MSP I, 56 (this coin illustrated); R. Cantilena, "A proposito dei Tyrrhenoi e dei Sileraioi," in Nomismata: studi di numismatica offerti ad Aldina Cutroni Tusa per il suo novantatreesimo compleanno (2016), Fig. 3 (this coin illustrated).
My favorite piece.
Ex. Lanz, Auction 153 (2011), Numismatiche Raritaeten, Los 0101
Peter keeps leaving nice comments and I keep deleting and reuploading the picture, so I've taken the liberty of adding his comment here:
Enodia: "My favorite piece". understandable, this is a terrific coin. i really love this particular MFB... nice!
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