Rhegion
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AR tetradrachm 17.3084 g, 23.8 mm
Circa 420-410 BC
1. Grose, S. W. 1926. Fitzwilliam Museum Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume I. Western Europe, Magna Graecia, Sicily. Page 221 #1873 (same obverse die) and Plate 60.2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2. Herzfelder, Hubert. 1957. Les Monnaies D'Argent De Rhegion. Page 117 #95 and Plate X #95 (D56/R89). Paris. 3. 1975. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 3. Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx. #662 (same dies). New York: The American Numismatic Society. 4. Rutter, N.K. 2001. Historia Numorum Italy. Page 189 #2496 and Plate 40 #2496. London: The British Museum Press.
Obverse
Lion's head facing
Reverse
Laureate head of Apollo facing right
On the right: ΡΗΓΙΝΟΝ