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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4487739, member: 85693&quot;]A very informative write-up, Sulla80. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this coin ties in with the theme - I found it in my local dealer&#039;s junk box a while back.&nbsp; It has a rather junk box appearance, but I think these are a bit scarce, so I was pretty thrilled to find it amongst the bent Canadian bank tokens and worn-slick Victorian pennies. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is from a place right across the Straits of Messina - Rhegium, Burttium, now called Reggio Calabria: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Calabria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Calabria" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Calabria</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This features a female Janiform pair of heads, I am assuming showing Roman influence? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113780[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rhegium, Bruttium&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Æ 25 Pentonkion</b></p><p><b>(c. 215-150 B.C.)</b></p><p>Janiform female head / Asklepios seated left by tripod holding sceptre; PHΓINΩN to right [Π above tripod to left, serpent in exergue].</p><p>SNG ANS 745; HN Italy 2551.</p><p>(10.05 grams / 25 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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