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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3375981, member: 56859&quot;]Yes... yes it does <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;ll toss in another coin with a more prominent triskeles and, for extra credit, a nude hoplite <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The triskeles symbol is thought to represent the shape of Sicily.&nbsp; I think its use as an emblem of Sicily stems from Agathokles&#039; use of the symbol (please correct me if I&#039;m wrong, anyone).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%2526hash%253D8fcd1894533ec93630413e836bfc6cc5%26hash%3D7dea61ccb90f0498bca9d71f14fb7660&amp;hash=234ee9318968e225ff518172658f3e25" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles</b></p><p>struck 310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637</p><p>The story of its acquisition is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On this Roman Republic denarius the triskeles pays homage to C. Claudius Marcellus&#039;s ancestor, M. Claudius Marcellus.&nbsp; Per CNG, &quot; the triskeles alludes to his conquest of Sicily in 212-210 BC, the spoils from which rescued the state from imminent bankruptcy.&quot;</p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>Roman Republic, the Pompeians</b></p><p><b>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus</b></p><p>Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg</p><p>Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right</p><p>Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a</p><p><br /></p><p>Nude hoplite:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kisthenepigasusrt-jpg.714605/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene</b></p><p><i>Orontes</i>, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE</p><p>AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm</p><p>Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready</p><p>Rev: Forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock</p><p>Very rare.</p><p><i>ex X6 Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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