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<p>[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 5483568, member: 93702"]I was lucky enough to stumble upon this inexpensive little gem from Sicily and just snapped it up...</p><p><br /></p><p>Have always enjoyed depictions of Nike/Victory on any coinage- so this one - depicting Nike furiously driving a biga looks fantastic to me.</p><p>I use the word "furiously" as the perspective of the reverse scene is nicely depicted. With the horses at full gallop, their length taking up about 3/4 of the reverse flan, plus the oval shape of the biga's wheel gives the impression of speed - as she gets swung behind.. the whip certainly adds to the urgency. Overall a very pleasing coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was struck in or around the time of the 2nd Punic War.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1239251[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="3">Sicily, Menaion. Circa 2nd Century BC. AE 18mm 4.3g, Pentonkion. </font></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="3">Laureate & draped bust of Zeus-Serapis right / </font></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="3">MENA-INΩN, Nike driving galloping biga right. Pi below </font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>**Please post any coins featuring Nike/Victory, bigas or anything from Sicily**[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 5483568, member: 93702"]I was lucky enough to stumble upon this inexpensive little gem from Sicily and just snapped it up... Have always enjoyed depictions of Nike/Victory on any coinage- so this one - depicting Nike furiously driving a biga looks fantastic to me. I use the word "furiously" as the perspective of the reverse scene is nicely depicted. With the horses at full gallop, their length taking up about 3/4 of the reverse flan, plus the oval shape of the biga's wheel gives the impression of speed - as she gets swung behind.. the whip certainly adds to the urgency. Overall a very pleasing coin. The coin was struck in or around the time of the 2nd Punic War. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1239251[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=3]Sicily, Menaion. Circa 2nd Century BC. AE 18mm 4.3g, Pentonkion. Laureate & draped bust of Zeus-Serapis right / MENA-INΩN, Nike driving galloping biga right. Pi below [/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] **Please post any coins featuring Nike/Victory, bigas or anything from Sicily**[/QUOTE]
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