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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4265827, member: 57495&quot;]Anaxilas was the tyrant of Rhegion who conquered the city of Zankle on Sicily and renamed it Messana.&nbsp; One historical tradition credits him with the introduction of hares to Sicily (to alleviate food shortages... yum), and it was he who began striking the types of the hare and the mule biga (advertising his Olympic win in 480 BC) at both cities.&nbsp; My Rhegion dates from his reign.&nbsp; After his death, Rhegion reverted to using the Samian type of the lion scalp, but Messana, for whatever reason, decided to keep the hare/mule biga types.&nbsp; Your coin dates to this later period.&nbsp; With ancients, it seems that going down such rabbit holes is the risk one runs even when one begins with a reason as innocuous as just wanting a cute bunny coin from Magna Graecia. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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