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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 5729849, member: 51347&quot;]<b>Sicily Eagle</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2017-9-10_10-18-21-png.676015/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Mamertini, Sicily, c. 288 - 278 B.C.</p><p>Mamertini or &quot;children of Mars,&quot; was the name taken by a band of Campanian (or Samnite) freebooters who about 289 B.C. seized the Greek colony of Messana at the north-east corner of Sicily, after having been hired by Agathocles to defend it (Polyb. 1. 7. 2).</p><p>Bronze pentonkion,</p><p>Calciati I p. 93, 3/1; SNG ANS 402; BMC Sicily p. 109, 3; SNG Cop 434 var (on reverse Φ left), gF, some corrosion and pitting,</p><p>Messana mint, weight 16.288g, maximum diameter27.5mm, die axis 270o, c. 288 - 278 B.C.;</p><p>obverse <b>APEΣ</b>, laureate <b>head of Ares right,</b> Macedonian helmet behind;</p><p>reverse MAMEPTINΩN, eagle standing left on a thunderbolt, head left, wings open</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Next: Goat</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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