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Benito Mussolini 20 Lira MedalMVSSOLINI MCMXXVIII
Helmeted head of Mussolini left
ITALIA MEGLIO VIVERE VN GIORNO DA LEONE CHE CENTO ANNI DA PECORA
Lion, Fasces L20R left field, MCMXVIII (Top of Rods) MCMXXVIII AVI (Bottom of Rods)
Fantasy piece
16.24g
The reverse translates "Better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep"Jay GT4
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Bruttium AE 1/2 UnitNIKA
Head of Nike facing left, barley ear to right.
BRETTI ΩN
Zeus striding right, Holding thunderbolt and scepter; hammer or double axe on left, cornucopia right
Lokroi Epizephyrioi? Cosentia? C. 214-211 BC
4.09g
HN Italy 1982, Scheu 28; Forschner 306-7 variant; Jay GT4
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Bruttium UnciaLaureate and bearded head of Zeus right.
BPET-TIΩN
Eagle standing left with open wings; at left cornucopiae, above double-axe.
214-211 BC
7.69g
HN Italy 1978
Ebay, From the Tony Hardy collection #999
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Bruttium UnciaLaureate and bearded head of Zeus right.
BPET-TIΩN
Eagle standing left with open wings; at left cornucopiae, above double-axe.
214-211 BC
8.30g
Scheu 13; SNG ANS 44; HN Italy 1978
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Bruttium, Kroton. Circa 300-250 BC. AR Triobol Head of Athena r. wearing crested Corinthian helmet, KPOTΩ above
Herakles advancing right, wearing lion skin and draping it over club held in his hand; koppa to left, OIKIΣTAΣ to right.
300-250 BC
1.05g
Rutter, Historia Numorum 2199; SNG ANS 426; SNG München 1467.
Rare
Ex-ANE
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Bruttium, Lokri EpizephyrioiHead of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; XIIII above.
Pegasos flying to right; ΛΟΚΡΩΝ below.
3.92g, 18mm
Lokroi Epizephyrioi
3rd Century BCE
HN Italy 2423 corr. (ΛIII); HGC 1, 1591 corr. (same).
Ex-Aphrodite Auction 18, lot 29; Ex-Roma Mike Ballerini Collection Auction lot 199 with his ticket noting "Lotto 29"
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Bruttium, Petelia QuadrantesLaureate head of Zeus right; behind three pellets,
ΠΕΤΗ/ΛΙΝΩΝ
Zeus standing right, preparing to hurl thunderbolt and holding scepter; device (monogram?) to the left.
Bruttium Petalia
3.57g
SNG Copenhagen 1916; HN Italy 2461 var. (symbol)Jay GT4
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Bruttium, RhegiumLaurate head of Apollo left; behind cornucopiae.
Tripod, ΡΗΓΙ−ΝΩΝ
Rhegium; Circa 218-213 BC
Æ20.
6.63g
SNG Copenhagen 1959; SNG ANS 720; HN Italy 2543
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Bruttium, Rhegium Æ 23Laureate head of Asklepios right
ΡHΓINΩN
Hygieia standing left, holding serpent; III to left
Rhegium, 203-150 BC
6.28g Æ 23
(R2) Very rare
HN Italy 2560; SNG ANS 786-8, MIAMG.3645
Ex-American Rarities (Boulder); Ex-Ebay
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Bruttium, TerinaHead of ninph left
TEPI
Crab; above crescent.
Terina; c. 350-275 BC
4.01g
Rare
HNItaly 2646; SNG ANS 889.
Beautiful glossy black/brown patina
Ancient Terina was located on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Euphemia, about 20 km (12 mi) from Lamezia Terme in Calabria, Italy.Jay GT4
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Bruttium, TerinaTEPINAION
Head of nymph right; triskeles behind
Nike seated left on plinth, holding kerykeion.
Terina, Bruttium. 300 BC
2.04g
Holloway & Jenkins 107; HN Italy 2641
Ex-CNG 396 lot 29; Ex-Aegean
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Bruttium, Terina didrachm/StaterHead of the nymph Terina left, hair tightly rolled in ampyx, with necklace, all within olive wreath
Nike seated left on hydria (amphora), holding wreath and kerykeion TEPINAION in left field.
Terina, Bruttium
445-425 BCE
6.43g
Regling, Terina 13 (dies K/λ); Kunstfreund 75 (same dies - prior to the die break); Holloway & Jenkins 14, N. Italy 2575. Sear 506.
Ex-Astarte YCA #2, lot 14
Regling's monograph from 1906 was the first die study of any Greek coinage to be published. The obverse die break is known from at least 4 other specimans (Roma, CNG, Nomos, Seaby's Coin & Medal bulletin April 1975, A236 and front cover) all sharing the same obverse and reverse dies. Further examination could possibly help place the coins in chronological order of striking based on die wear.
I missed out acquiring the Seaby coin when it was auctioned at the Geoffry Bell Toronto Coin Auction in 2017. Since then I've been on the lookout for one of these coins with the die break. 7 years later, I finally added one to my collection.Jay GT4
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Bruttium, The Bretti, drachmdiademed, draped and winged bust of Nike right, at left Club and crescent
BPETTIΩN
River-god Aisaros/Dionysos standing, crowning himself, holding cloak and scepter, at right Snake and Σ.
216-214 BC
4.60g
HNItaly 1961 SNG Copenhagen
Second Punic War issue
Ex-Calgary Coin
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Bruttium, The Bretti, drachmVeiled head of Hera Lakinia right, wearing polos; scepter over shoulder, feather to left
ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ
Zeus standing left, right foot on ionic capital, holding scepter; crab to left, [tiny Γ between foot and scepter].
Second Punic War issue. Circa 216-214 BC.
3.88 g.
Arslan dies 12/17’; Scheu 68–77 var. (obv. symbol);
HN Italy 1969. VF, toned, struck with worn dies.
Rare issue with feather on obverse, unknown to Scheu.
Ex-CNG 407 lot 14, From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex-Pipito Collection
Tough to photograph, much better in hand.
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Bruttium, The Bretti, drachmDiademed, draped and winged bust of Nike right, bird? behind
BPETTIΩN
River-god Aisaros/Dionysos standing, crowning himself, holding cloak and scepter, monogram and shield to right
216-214 BC Punic war issue
4.81g
Rare with these control marks. Only 2 on acsearch including this one, both from same dies and die flaws.
Struck with worn obverse die.
Arslan dies 81/107’; Scheu S65; HN Italy 1970
Ex-CNG 452 Lot 48; From the John L. Cowan Collection; Ex-Pegasi, 31 May 2012 Auction 24 lot 44.
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Bruttium, Vibo Valentia Semis Bronze semis
head of Juno (Hera) right, wearing stephane, S (mark of value) behind
VALENTIA
Double cornucopia overflowing with grain and grapes, carnyx (control symbol) and S (mark of value) on right
Vibo Valentia mint, 193 - 150 B.C.
3.57g, 18.1 mm 270o
Mensitieri Valentia 211; HN Italy 2263; SNG ANS 483, SNG Cop 1849; BMC Italy p. 361, 16 (control described as staff ending in boar's head)
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Bruttium; Æ DidrachmHead of Ares left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin; grain ear below.
ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ
Nike standing left, placing wreath on trophy to left and cradling palm in her left arm; caduceus between.
Bruttium, 214-211 BC
11.72g
SNG ANS 34. HN Italy 1975; Scheu 6
Rare with caduceus
Ex-Artemide Kunstauktionen e-Live auction 7 lot 48
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Bruttium; the BrettiLaureated and bearded head of Zeus right, at left thunderbolt, dotted border
BΡETTIΩN
warrior attacking right holding shield and spear; below bucranium. Dotted border.
211-208 BC
Scheu 42; HNItaly 1988; SNG Copenhagen 1658; SNG ANS 108.
8.05g
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Bruttium; the BrettiAE Didrachm or reduced Sextans
Head of Ares left; wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin; thunderbolt below
BPETTIΩN
Hera Hoplosmia (or Athena) advancing right, holding spear and shield; at feet
Bruttium Circa 211-203 BC
16.39g; 29mm
HN Italy ? depends on mark off flan
A nice big heavy coin minted by the last loyal hold outs against Rome in support of Hannibal. Jay GT4
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Calabria Tarentum AR DrachmHead of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla preparing to hurl a stone
Owl standing to right on olive branch, head facing; ZOR (magistrate) to right, TAP to left.
3.07g
Circa 281-276 BC.
Vlasto 1048. McGill 135, Cote 348, Sear 367v. Jay GT4
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Calabria, Taras DidrachmNaked youth galloping right on horseback left, crowning horse with right hand, monogram ΣY in field behind youth and ΛΥK INOΣ below horse
Taras seated on dolphin left, holding chalmys and thrusting trident in right hand, owl behind TAPAS in Exergue
Calabria 272-235 BC
6.62g
Vlasto 836
Ex-Pars Coins
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Calabria, Taras didrachmHorseman riding left, holding shield and bridle.
Taras seated on dolphin left TAPAΣ beneath.
Tarentum, Calabria 390-385 BC
7.40g
Scarce
Vlasto 384, Period III, 380-345 BC (Age of Archytas); ; Fischer-Bossert 428, gives date of 390-380 and corresponds to SNG ANS 901.
Ex-Calgary Coin; Ex-Alberta Coin;
Tarentum, the only Spartan colony ever to be established, was founded in 706 BC by the Partheniae - Spartan children born to unmarried women as a product of Spartan desperation to ensure the survival and continuation of their demographic during the bloody Messenian wars, who were later disowned and expelled by the state - and Perioeci (subjects, but not citizens of Sparta), under the leadership of the Parthenian Phalanthos. According to legend, Phalanthos consulted the oracle at Delphi, and was told that he should found his new city 'where rain fell from a clear sky'. After much searching, and despairing of finding a suitable location for a city, Phalanthos was consoled by his wife Aethra who laid his head in her lap, and as her tears splashed upon his forehead he understood the oracle's words for his wife's name itself meant 'clear sky', and thus he determined to make the nearby harbour the site of their new home, which they named after Taras, the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion.Jay GT4
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Calabria, Taras Didrachm 272-235 BCYouth on horse standing left with monogram N below, holding wreath above its head.
Taras holding Nike & trident, on dolphin left, TAPAΣ to right API-ΣTO below.
Calabria, Taras
250 BC
21 mm, 6.7gm
Ref: SNG-Cop-923, Vlasto 873v
Ex-Imperator Coins
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Calabria, TarentumPunic occupation half shekel
Nude youth on horseback to left, crowning horse with wreath; IΩ to right, ΣΩΓENHΣ below
Taras astride dolphin to left, holding cornucopiae and Nike who crowns him with wreath; TAPAΣ below.
Calabria, Tarentum ; Punic occupation, circa 212-209 BC
AR Reduced didrachm or Half-Shekel.
2.69g chipped otherwise VF+
Vlasto 975-7; HN Italy 1079; SNG France 2065; McGill II, 120 and Cote 591-93.
Ex-ANE
Rare!
The climax of the Carthaginian invasion of Italy was reached when Tarentum changed sides in 212 BC. The takeover of the city was a carefully planned coup by Hannibal and members of the city's democratic faction who opened the gates to Hannibal's army. The Carthaginians failed to take the citadel, but subsequent fortifications around this enemy stronghold enabled the city to remain under Punic control. Hannibal installed his own magistrates and struck coinage based on the Punic half shekel standard.Jay GT4
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CALABRIA, Tarentum AR DiobolHelmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with three rosettes
Herakles kneeling on right leg, strangling the Nemean lion.
Tarentum Calabria
Circa 325-280 BC
0.78g
Vlasto 1372; SNG ANS 1444; HN Italy 976.
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CALABRIA, Tarentum AR ObolKantharos; five pellets around
Kantharos; five pellets around.
Tarentum, Circa 280-228 BC.
8.5mm 0.53 g
Vlasto 1655-6; HN Italy 1076.
Ex-CNG 381 Lot 13; Ex-Steve P Collection
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. ObolKantharos; three pellets around.
Bucranium; three pellets around.
Circa 380-325 BC
Weight: 0.33 g.
Diameter: 9 mm.
Rare with 3 pellets
cf. Vlasto 1617 (number of pellets); cf. BMC 432 (same). HN Italy 918; SNG France 3 specimens, c.f. 2201-03 (number of pellets)
Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 30.12.1992; with dealer's ticket), Ex-Numismatik Naumann auction 42 lot 15; Ex-Calgary Coin
A tiny coin with a fantastic design.Jay GT4
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Campania, Neapolis DidrachmHead of Parthenope left, wearing earing and beaded necklace. Tripod to right.
Man-headed bull standing right being crowned by winged nymph/victory; IΣ between legs NEOΠOΛITΩN in exergue
Neapolis, Campania
300-241 BC
7.21g
Sambon 517; Glasgow 57; BMC 129
Very rare!
Ex-HJB ebay
Dark toning; a few remaining deposits. Much nicer in hand with almost black toning.
Thanks to Molinari's research this is one of 6 known examples. The others are found in BMC, 129, Dati web, Glasgow 57, Leningrad 1014, Torino RDC17508.Jay GT4
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Lucania Poseidonia staterΠΟΜΕΣ
Poseidon standing right, wearing chlamys around shoulders, brandishing trident
ΠΟΜΕΣ (retrograde)
Bull standing to left, above
Poseidonia, Lucania
470-445 BC
8.01g
SNG ANS 661; HN Italy 1114
Ex-Geoffrey Bell auction September 2017 lot 896
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Lucania Sybaris drachmBull standing to left on dotted ground line, head turned back to right; all within border of dots VM in exergue
Bull standing to right, on dotted ground line; around, border of dots; all incuse.
LUCANIA, Sybaris
Circa 550-510 BC.
2.04g
HN III 1736. SNG ANS 847 ff.
Chipped. Old cabinet toning.
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Lucania, Heraclea: AR DiobolHead of Athena right, wearing crested helmet decorated with Hippocamp
Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean Lion.
Heraclea, Ca. 432-420 BC
0.73g
Van Keuren 38; HN Italy 1360
Ex-ANE
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Lucania, Metapontom staterRaised barley corn
Incuse barley corn
Metapontom, 440-510 BC
7.72g
Tight flan series NOE 243-256; HN Italy 1485
Ex-Calgary Coin; Ex-DM collection, Ex-HJB
An Achaean colony of great antiquity, Metapontion was destroyed and refounded early in the 6th century by colonists from Sybaris under the leadership of Leukippos. The city occupied an exceptionally fertile plain on the Gulf of Tarentum, which explains the use of the barley ear as its civic badge. Metapontion, along with Sybaris and Kroton produced the earliest coinage in Magna Graecia. The coins of these cities share three features: weight standard, broad and thin flans, and incuse reverses. These features were then adopted by neighboring mints at Kaulonia and elsewhere in southern Italy. While the reasoning behind the choice of these shared features is not clear, the common weight and style facilitated circulation between the cities of south Italy. The mixed contents of the earliest hoards from the region support this idea of free circulation of currency. It is interesting that these common features, indigenous to south Italy, also tended to keep the coins in south Italy. They are rarely found elsewhere in Italy, not even in Sicily. After approximately 510 B.C., the date of the destruction of Sybaris by Kroton, the fabric of the coins throughout south Italy became smaller and thicker, though still with incuse reverses. In the years between 480 and 430 B.C., sooner in Tarentum and later in Metapontion, the incuse issues were replaced by a two sided coinage.Jay GT4
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Lucania, Metapontom staterHead of Demeter right hair bound with fillet, wearing earring. Punch mark on ear.
METAΠON (retrograde) Ear of barely with leaf to right; on which palmette.
circa 400-340
6.09g
Noe 485b. Jameson 287. SNG Lloyd 365. SNG ANS 367. Historia Numorum Italy 1540.
An extremely rare variety, only two specimens cited by Noe
This example has the reverse ethnic in retrograde and low weight. Ancient counterfeit?
Ex-Calgary coin.Jay GT4
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Lucania, ThourioiHead of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder over shoulder
Bull butting right; below, dolphin right in waves.
Lucania, Thourioi
Circa 400-350 BC
7.35g
HN Italy 1794b; SNG ANS 1048.
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Lucania, Thourioi StaterHead of Athena right wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident
ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
Bull butting right, solid exurgal line below HR monogram above
c. 420-400 BC
6.74g
SNG ANS-1041-2 var
Ex-HJB; Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7072 (Lewis Egnew Collection)Jay GT4
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Lucania, Velia AR DidrachmHelmeted head of Athena left, wearing Phrygian helmet decorated with centauress, KE monogram behind
Lion left, tearing prey, A above, KE monogram below, ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ in ex.
Circa 334-300 BC
7.22g
Williams 327 (O.174/R.243)
BMC 74; HN Italy 1294.
Ex-Calgary coin
The KE obverse monogram is the signature of Kleudoros, the artist or mint master of Velia.Jay GT4
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Maria Di Medici JetonMARIA. D. GR. FRANC. AND. NAVA. REG, 16 NB 08 in exergue.
Coat of arms half of France and quartered of Medici, and of Austria, surrounded by a crown half of laurel and half of palm
SERVAT DATAM 1608 in exergue
Two intertwined hands as a sign of trust between a palm and an olive branch. Above, the name JEHOVAH in Hebrew (YHWH) , whose rays penetrate dense clouds.
5.24g, 28mm
"Mary of God's Grace Queen of France and Navarre"
"He protects those who trust him."
Maria was born at the Palazzo Pitti of Florence, Italy, the sixth daughter of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Archduchess Joanna of Austria. Marie was one of seven children, but only she and her sister Eleonora survived to adulthood.
Maria is not a male-line descendant of Lorenzo the Magnificent but from Lorenzo the Elder, a branch of the Medici family referred to as the 'cadet' branch. She does descend from Lorenzo in the female-line however, through his daughter Lucrezia de' Medici. Nonetheless this 'cadet' branch produced every Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1537 to 1737, and the kings of France from Louis XIII in 1601 to Louis XVI in 1793.
She married Henry IV of France in October 1600 following the annulment of his marriage to Margaret of Valois. The wedding ceremony in Florence, Italy (to which Henry did not turn up, marrying her by proxy) was celebrated with 4,000 guests and lavish entertainments. She brought as part of her dowry 600,000 crowns. Her eldest son, the future King Louis XIII, was born at Fontainebleau the following year.
Maria was crowned Queen of France on 13 May 1610, a day before her husband's death. Hours after Henry's assassination, she was confirmed as regent by the Parliament of Paris. She immediately banished his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac, from the court.
Her daughter, Henrietta Maria was queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. Henrietta Maria, in turn, was mother of two immediate successors, Charles II and James II.
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Sicily, Akragas: Punic Occupation 1/4 ShekelHead of Triptolemus? right, wreathed in corn.
Horse galloping right; Punic letters 'ht' below.
Akragas, Sicily; 213-211 BC (Punic Occupation)
1.57g
SNG Cop 379; Walker Group II, 1st Series
Ex-Londinium Coins; Ex-CNG #63024 6/18/2001 (with ticket)
Minted during the Carthaginian occupation of Sicily and the 2nd Punic War. Rare, only one other in Forum Galleries (Enodia) possible reverse die match.
TRIPTOLEMOS (Triptolemus) was a demi-god of the Eleusinian mysteries who presided over the sowing of grain-seed and the milling of wheat. He was one of the Eleusinian princes who hospitably received the goddess Demeter when she was mourning the loss of her daughter.
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Sicily, Hieron IIHead of Poseidon left
ΙΕΡΩ-ΝΟΣ
ornamented trident, dolphins at sides
Bronze AE 20
6.96g, 20mm
Syracuse Sicily mint
270-215 BC
SNG Cop 856, SGCV I 1223?
Ex-ANE
Hieron II was tyrant and then king of Syracuse, c. 270 to 215 B.C. His rule brought 50 years of peace and prosperity, and Syracuse became one of the most renowned capitals of antiquity. He enlarged the theater and built an immense altar. The literary figure Theocritus and the philosopher Archimedes lived under his rule. After struggling against the Mamertini, he eventually allied with Rome.
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Sicily, SyracuseΣVRA
Head of Arethusa right
Octopus; 3 Pellets around
0.21g
466-405 BC
Second Democracy
Very rare denomination AR tetronkion
Unlisted?
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Sicily, Syracuse AR Litra ΣYPA
Diademed head of Arethusa right.
Octopus.
0.65 g
c. 466-460 BC. Second Democracy
Boehringer 421; SNG ANS 131.
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Sicily. Syracuse AR LitraHead of Arethusa right
Wheel with four spokes; Σ-Y-R-A between.
Deinomenid Tyranny 485-466 BC.
0.52g
Rare
Boehringer 402; SNG ANS 124-6.
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