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Printed Auction 44 Lot 34

SICILY. Messana. The Mamertinoi. 264-241 B.C. Æ quadruple unit. 15.65 gm. 26 mm. Laureate head of Ares right; helmet to left; APEOΣ / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread; ΜΑΜΕΡ-ΤΙΝΩΝ. CNS I, 3. HGC 2, 865. Good Very Fine; lovely glossy sea green patina with earthen highlights; handsome style; nicely centered and sharply struck. A large and impressive coin.

Messana was a city on the northeast tip of Sicily on the site of the ancient city of Zankle, named for its sickle-shaped natural harbor. The tyrants of Sicily had always employed mercenaries, often hired in Campania and Central Italy. In a land famed for its sweeping landscapes, ideal for the breeding of strong horses, the emergent Campanian nobility developed their renowned cavalry. Carrying heavy javelins for skirmishing and swords for melee, they used speed, agility, and flexibility of tactics to inflict damage on more heavily armed and therefore more slowly moving opponents. When King Agathocles of Syracuse died, many of his strong young mercenaries refused to leave Sicily. In about 288 BC, a force of these Oscan merceneries, the Mamertinoi, attacked and captured Messana and massacred the inhabitants. They adopted the name of their war god Mamers, Oscan for Mars, often fighting like pirates and plundering the neighboring districts. Their activities finally engaged the Romans against the Carthaginians and set off the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.). They ruled the city until the Romans won the island.

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