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No.<br />

1402<br />

Pi. S3<br />

1403<br />

PI. 53<br />

1404<br />

1405<br />

PI. 53<br />

Wt.<br />

293<br />

18.98<br />

55<br />

3.56<br />

63<br />

4.08<br />

67<br />

4-34<br />

Metal<br />

Size.<br />

JE28<br />

M 18<br />

iE 18<br />

jE 18<br />

SICILY<br />

DESCRIPTION<br />

MAY BAI ITAIC. Veiled female head to r., wearing mural crown,<br />

within triangular enclosure.<br />

_ ATPATINO (to 1.) _ .. . , , , .<br />

RL. , ( Serpent coiled around tripod : border ot<br />

^ PYOinN (to r.)<br />

dots.<br />

y<br />

B. M. Cat., p. 95 n° 4.<br />

Menaenum or Menae.<br />

(mineo)<br />

(Billoin sale, 1886.)<br />

Founded by the Sikel chief Ducethis, B.C. 459, and conquered by<br />

Dionysius of Syracuse ; subject to Syracuse until the Roman conquest<br />

Period of Roman Dominion.<br />

Bust of Sarapis to r., laureate and draped: border of dots.<br />

B/L. MEN jV Nike driving biga to r., horses galloping; beneath<br />

horses, P : border of dots. — Pentonkion.<br />

B. M. Cat., p. 98, a" 9.<br />

P. Bust of Apollo to r., laureate : border of dots.<br />

(W. S. Lincoln, 1887.)<br />

B/.. MENA<br />

. Asklepios, facing, holding in r. patera, and in 1. serpent-<br />

staff. — Pentonkion<br />

.<br />

B. M. Cat., p. 98, n° 12.<br />

Bust of Demeter to r., hair bound with corn-wreath and tied in a<br />

knot behind : border of dots.<br />

MENA<br />

1^.. ""-"" tw0 torches crossed ; in field, to r. J plain border. —<br />

INflN<br />

Tetras.<br />

(Borapois sale, 1882; lot 429.)<br />

Cf. B. M. Cat., p. 67, n° 1 (.but different head).<br />

— 294<br />

.

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