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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4265793, member: 19463"]When we see zumbly's hare we should also see a litra (0.6g, 420-413 BC) from Messana in Sicily. The two cities faced each other on opposite sides of the strait of Messina (modern spelling) separating the boot from the island of Sicily (the ball the boot is kicking as I was taught in school). The map below uses the modern name Calabria rather than the ancient Bruttium.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/MessinaStrait.jpg/250px-MessinaStrait.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086514[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A benefit/problem with this place we call Coin Talk is that it exposes my ignorance and makes me have to go research questions like why z's coin is dated so much before mine. I should know this but it is not flying out of my head right at the moment. I do think it would be great if I added a Rhegion hare to my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4265793, member: 19463"]When we see zumbly's hare we should also see a litra (0.6g, 420-413 BC) from Messana in Sicily. The two cities faced each other on opposite sides of the strait of Messina (modern spelling) separating the boot from the island of Sicily (the ball the boot is kicking as I was taught in school). The map below uses the modern name Calabria rather than the ancient Bruttium. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/MessinaStrait.jpg/250px-MessinaStrait.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH=full]1086514[/ATTACH] A benefit/problem with this place we call Coin Talk is that it exposes my ignorance and makes me have to go research questions like why z's coin is dated so much before mine. I should know this but it is not flying out of my head right at the moment. I do think it would be great if I added a Rhegion hare to my collection.[/QUOTE]
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