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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 7288918, member: 51347&quot;]Pentagram</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-2-13_17-58-0-png.1252677/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>MYSIA. Pitane.</p><p>Æ10, 0.9g; Circa 4th-3rd century BC.</p><p>Obv.: Head of <b>Zeus Ammon</b> right.</p><p>Rev.: Pentagram, ΠITAN around.</p><p>Comments:&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitane_(Aeolis)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitane_(Aeolis)" rel="nofollow">Pitane</a> was a city in the bay of Elaea, one of the eleven ancient Aeolian settlements. It enjoyed considerable prosperity during the Hellenistic Period owing to abundant trade facilitated by two harbors. Pentagrams occur frequently on almost all Greek coinage and some Roman Republican types, but only as field marks. On the coinage of Pitane, we find these ancient symbols as <i>bona fide</i> devices. Their significance in relationship to the city is unclear.</p><p>Reference: SNG France 2349; SNG von Aulock -</p><p><i>From the DePew Collection.</i></p><p><i>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Next: Pentagram again</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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