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RR18759. Bronze sextans, SNG ANS 824, F, weight 2.893 g, maximum diameter 15.7 mm, die axis 180o, Orra (Hyria) mint, obverse bust of Aphrodite right; reverse ORRA, dove flying right, carrying wreath, two pellets below; ex Wallace Widtman Collection; rare; SOLD
Macrinus and Diadumenian, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D., Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior
The Greeks and Romans did not view snakes as evil creatures but rather as symbols and tools for healing and fertility. Asclepius, the son of Apollo and Koronis, learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one snake bringing another snake healing herbs. Woman seeking fertility, the sick, and the injured slept in his temples in chambers where non-poisonous snakes were left to crawl on the floor and provide healing.RP16988. Bronze pentassarion, Varbanov I p. 144, 1214; SNG Cop 226, aVF, brown patina, flan crack, weight 10.790 g, maximum diameter 26.5 mm, die axis 180o, Markianopolis (Devnya, Bulgaria) mint, consular legate Pontianus, 217 - 218 A.D.; obverse AY K OΠΠEΛ CEYH MAKPKEINOC K M OΠΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head of Macrinus right facing bare-head of Diadumenian left; reverse YΠ ΠONTIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, snake in four coils with head erect, E (mark of value) left; ex Wallace Widtman Collection; SOLD
Aetna, Sicily, Under Roman Rule, 210 - 150 B.C.
In 475 B.C. Hieron populated Katane with ten thousand settlers from Syracuse and Peloponnesus and renamed it Aitna. In 461, after Hieron's death, the new settlers were expelled. They moved the southern slope of the volcano and founded a new Aitna. Syracuse soon occupied it with a strong garrison and which the Athenians failed to capture during their expedition to Sicily. In 403 B.C., Dionysius the Elder made himself master of Aetna, where he settled Campanian mercenaries, who had previously been settled at Katane. They retained possession of Aitna until 339 B.C., when Timoleon put its Campanian occupants to the sword. Under Rome, Aitna became a municipal town of considerable importance; its territory being one of the most fertile of all Sicily. The site of the city and time of its destruction are unknown today.RP17171. Bronze hexas, Calciati III p. 152, 11; SGCV I 1019 var. (pellets left), F+, weight 2.328 g, maximum diameter 16.0 mm, die axis 0o, Aitna mint, obverse head of Persephone right, wreathed in grain; reverse AITNAI-ΩN, cornucopia, two pellets to right; nice dark patina, ex Wallace Widtman Collection; SOLD