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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4314237, member: 51347&quot;]I have several Horsemen... but here are a couple:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AE HORSEMEN</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097039[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY, Messana.</p><p>The Mamertinoi. 211-208 BCE</p><p>Æ Pentonkion 27 mm, 11.70g</p><p>Obv: Laureate male head (of Ares?) left</p><p>Rev: Horseman, holding spear and with drapery around left arm, leading horse left; Π to left.</p><p>Ref: Särström series XI, A; CNS 25; BAR issue 24; SNG ANS 430. Comment: FINE+, greenish-brown patina</p><p>Ex: Sphinx</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097041[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Syracuse.</p><p>Hieron II, 274-216 BC</p><p>Æ26, 15.9g, 12h.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Hieron II left.</p><p>Rev: ΙΕΡΟΝΩΣ; Horseman galloping right, holding spear; below horse.</p><p>Reference: HGC 2, 1547; CNS II 193</p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097044[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4">Larinum (Frentani)</font></p><p><font size="4">ca. 210-175 BC, </font></p><p><font size="4">Bronze quincunx, </font></p><p><font size="4">22mm, 9.80g</font></p><p>Head of Mars (or Athena, per Sear) in crested Corinthian helmet r.</p><p>Horseman galloping l., holding spear and shield decorated with thunderbolt, LADINOD below, 5 pellets (denom.) in ex.</p><p>NH Italy 625, Campania 4a, Morcom 64, BMC 2</p><p>Minor porosity, brown patina, very scarce</p><p>Ex: Colin Pitchfork collection. Ex - Spink America auction (NY, Dec. 6-7 1999, lot 400 - part of). From a private collection formed by a pair of Polish brothers and sold in New York.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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