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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2414395, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;m not sure how rare it is, but this was a recent cherrypick - I&#039;ve found only three examples at CNG, none elsewhere. I&#039;ll have to submit it to Wildwinds. Small bronze of <b>Menainon, Sicily </b>with Hermes in petasos, caduceus, two pellets - CNG calls it a sextans in one listing, a hexas in two others. I&#039;m going with hexas on majority vote.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where the heck is Menainon? Well <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0006%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D4%3Aentry%3Dmenai" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0006%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D4%3Aentry%3Dmenai" rel="nofollow">here is the entry</a> from the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Menainon minted these coins while under Roman rule, c. 200-150 BC. Maybe it&#039;s not the rarest, but try and find one! (There are other types from Menainon that seem common, ie. the crossed torch trias.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]499405[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: well I did turn one up <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/forum_ancient_coins/62/product/forvm_menaion_sicily_ae14_hexas_204190_bc_hermes__kerykeion/599772/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/forum_ancient_coins/62/product/forvm_menaion_sicily_ae14_hexas_204190_bc_hermes__kerykeion/599772/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">for sale by FORVM</a> - they call it very rare (and also a hexas). Evidently <i>Meniaon</i> is an accepted alternate spelling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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