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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1969953, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">Z-bro =&gt; thanks for mentioning that the &quot;Pharos of Messana&quot; was actually a lighthouse ... </span> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; Ummm Alex, I&#039;ll take *Things that stevex6 didn&#039;t know, for $500*</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">I also have another sweet coin from Messana, which is in the same kinda shape as my new addition (but I absolutely love &#039;em both!!)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>SICILY, Messana. AR Drachm (60 Onkia)</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">445-439 BC</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 18 mm</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 3.59 grams</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Hare springing right within wreath, ΜΕΣΣΑ-ΝION</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Caltabiano Series IX, 388 (D175/R168); HGC 2, 807; SNG Lloyd 1111; SNG Lockett 820; Boston MFA 288; Jameson 651; Pozzi 487; Rizzo pl. 27, 11 (all from the same dies)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 10h … toned, rough surface, scratches, scuffs. Very Rare (R2)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">From the Continental Collection</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]349315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349316[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... the modern day city of Messina, with its &quot;scythe-like&quot; harbour</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349319[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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