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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3198334, member: 76194&quot;]This is normally the time of year where I would go on another Gordian III buying spree...but something odd has happened. I&#039;ve rekindled my passion for tiny Greek coins, as well as my love of dark silver beauties. This is my 4rth small Greek coin this year, and the third such with heavy dark toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Abacaenum was a very important early Sicilian city-state, and it&#039;s known for successfully defending their territory against the mighty Carthaginians on several occasions. However, they seem to have stopped being an independent power and were integrated into later Sicilian kingdoms by the third Century BC.</p><p>Wild boars seem to have been a very popular symbol for coinage of this city state.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827215[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR litra</p><p>Abacaenum (Tripi, Sicily) 430-420 BCE</p><p>weight 0.857g, maximum diameter 12.6mm</p><p>obverse: laureate bearded male head right; reverse: boar or sow standing right, acorn in the lower right field, ABAK/AINI, starting in exergue, ending retrograde above, linear border; <b>very rare</b></p><p>SNG ANS 897 (same dies); HGC 2 10 corr. (R2, same dies); Weber 1169; SNG Sicily p. 1, 2 var. (ABA/KAIN); SNG Fitz 883 var. (same)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, show any relevant coins, especially dark little Greek beauties, or coinage from this city-state.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PS: Sorry for the click-bait title.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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