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Features

Issuer	Menainon (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	204 BC - 190 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	1.78 g
Diameter	13 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 438089
References	CNS# 13 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , CNAI# 6 Alberto Campana. Corpus nummorum antiquae Italiae (zecche minori) (2 volumes). , HGC 2# 764 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos.

Reverse

Kerykeion; two pellets to lower left.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
MENAI
NΩN

Translation: Menainon

Mint

Menaenum, Sicily, modern-day Mineo, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (204 BC - 190 BC)							$ 120

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 332	1 Dec 2019	VF	USD 154.42 (GBP 115.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 333	1 Dec 2019	VF	USD 80.57 (GBP 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts