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62<br />

Metal Size<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

M M<br />

JE<br />

M M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

3+<br />

7-<br />

5<br />

*2<br />

Si<br />

3|<br />

3+<br />

4-<br />

21<br />

^2<br />

2i<br />

^2<br />

Weight<br />

INSULAR GREECE.<br />

MACELLA.<br />

Note.—Macella occupied a l<strong>of</strong>ty site similar to those <strong>of</strong> lictum and Entella, nearly equidistant<br />

from those places, and about five miles from the modern Corleone, to the north-eastward. In the<br />

year B.C. 260, Macella was taken by assault by tlie Romans, under the Consul Duilius, in his way<br />

from the relief <strong>of</strong> Egesta, which had been besieged by the Carthaginians <strong>of</strong> Panornius, to his fleet<br />

which was on the northern coast not far from Thermse Himerteee. The position <strong>of</strong> Macella is now<br />

called Rocca Busamara ; the latter being a Saracen name, which it i-eceived when occupied by that<br />

people.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to I R. Bull, butting to I ; below, [MA]KEAAINEQ[N].<br />

MELITE.<br />

(Malta.)<br />

Female head to I., <strong>with</strong> hair and crown in the Egyptian style (Isis or Demeter) ; in<br />

field to L, caduceus, <strong>of</strong> peculiar form ; to r., MEAlTAIiiN. R. Figure, <strong>with</strong><br />

four wings, kneeling on left knee ; otherwise, in the Egyptian style, <strong>with</strong> close<br />

drapery, high crown ; crook in right hand, and flail in left (Osiris or Dionysus).<br />

Same type and legend ; in field to I., ear <strong>of</strong> corn. R. Same type.<br />

Veiled head <strong>of</strong> Ceres to r. R. MEAITAS, in two lines ; between, tripod.<br />

Same type. R. MEAITAIiiN, in two lines; between, tripod.<br />

MEAITAiaN. Same type J. R. Curule chair ; around, C. ARRVNTANVS BALB.<br />

PROPR.<br />

MEN^, sive MENENA.<br />

Note.— This city, now Mine'o, occupied a l<strong>of</strong>ty height not far from the right bank <strong>of</strong> the southern<br />

branch <strong>of</strong> the Simsethus, and commanding to the northward the upper part <strong>of</strong> the great plains which<br />

extend to Catana and Lentini.<br />

Bust <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r., <strong>with</strong> lotus flower as apex (Sarapis). R. MENAlNilN, in two<br />

lines, above and below ; between, biga to r. ; under it, 17.<br />

Another similar.<br />

Veiled female head (Ceres ?) to r. R. MENAINiiN, in two lines ; Jjetween, two<br />

torches crossed ; below, four globules.<br />

Female head, <strong>with</strong> hair in bunch behind (Diana ?). R. Same legend, type, and<br />

globules.<br />

Same type ; behind, n. R. Same legend ; between the lines, Asclepius, adv. ; in<br />

extended right hand, patera ?<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Hermes to r. R. Same legend ; between the lines, caduceus ; below, two<br />

globules.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> bearded Hercules to r. R. Same legend ; between the lines, club ; below,<br />

three globules.<br />

MESSANA.<br />

Note.— Dancle (in Hellenic Zancle) was a Sicilian word, synonymous <strong>with</strong> the <strong>Greek</strong> opiwavov,<br />

and having reference to the form <strong>of</strong> the harbour (Thucyd. 6, 4). Dancle had been colonized about<br />

the year 700 B. c, by <strong>of</strong>fsets from Cumse in Italy, and Naxus in Sicily. In the beginning <strong>of</strong> the<br />

fifth century B.C., it was taken by Anaxilaus <strong>of</strong> Rhegiuni, whose ancestor had migrated from Mes-<br />

senia on the capture <strong>of</strong> Ithome by the Spartans, and had been accompanied or followed at different<br />

times by other Messenians. Zancle then assumed the name <strong>of</strong> " City <strong>of</strong> the Messenii." About<br />

280 B. c, a body <strong>of</strong> Mamertine mercenaries, discharged from the service <strong>of</strong> Syracuse, treacherously<br />

seized upon Messene, and by means <strong>of</strong> their alliance <strong>with</strong> the Romans, continued to govern in

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