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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4763335, member: 104741&quot;]Congratulations on your latest acquisition, Only a Poor Man!</p><p>And a lovely portrait of Demeter!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Personally I&#039;ve always liked the stater with the portrait of Leukippos from Metaponion, but I have yet to get one, although I&#039;ve put in a few bids. One day...</p><p><br /></p><p>To be honest I&#039;m a bit confused about what actually constitutes Magna Græcia. Like you, I always assumed that the south of Italy and Sicily together formed MG. But when I recently wanted to buy a book on the subject from the CNG- series I noticed that they have one on the south of Italy and one on MG. When I inquired. about the difference between them I got the polite, but somewhat circular reply that the first book was on the south of Italy and the other on Magna Graecia<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; So that really clarified the issue...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Either way, they produced some lovely coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of my Sicilian coins, a hemidrachm from Syracuse. It&#039;s not perfect, but I liked the portrait ofZeus, son of Kronos, smiling benignly upon the world:[ATTACH=full]1161391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1161393[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161391[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161393[/ATTACH]</p><p>Syracuse, AE hemidrachm, time of Timeleon and the Third Democracy, 344-339/8 BC. 17,34 gr, 25mm.</p><p>Obv: portrait of Zeus, ZEΥΣ ΕΛΕYΘΕPΙΟΣ around.</p><p>Rev: thunderbolt, eagle. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around.</p><p>CNS 72.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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