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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 3248501, member: 91240&quot;]Beautiful coins! I do not believe the second coin is tooled. The artistic style is unusual, but I think it is typical of the time and place. It reminds me of my Roman bronze from Panormos (Palermo), which also has a slightly angular style:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]851827[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>20mm, 3.9g, 2nd - 1st century BC</b></p><p><b>Obv: </b>Laureate head of Janus</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Wreath without symbols inside; 6-rayed star/rosette above</p><p><b>Calciati 106; SNG Morcom 656.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Since we&#039;re talking about Sicily, I&#039;ll also share this 2nd Punic War era sextans, overstruck on a coin of Hiero II:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]851828[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Head of Mercury right, two pellets above (undertype of Hiero II in hat)</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Trireme right, ear of wheat above, KA monogram on right, ROMA below</p><p>Struck in Sicily 211-208 BC, 5.78g, 20mm, Crawford 69/6a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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