Mamertines Messana Puglisi 2009 197, Bronze, struck at Messana, 264–241 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion’s skin. Reverse: eagle on a thunderbolt, wings open aigle sur un foudre, les ailes ouvertes. Weight about 9.4 g, diameter 23.9 mm.
| mint | Messana | weight | 9.42g (1) |
| ruler | Mamertines | diameter | ⌀23.9 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 4↕ (1) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion’s skin
reverse
Eagle on a thunderbolt, wings open Aigle sur un foudre, les ailes ouvertes
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Mamertines Messana Puglisi 2009 197 (messana.puglisi_2009.197), 264–241 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mamertines-messana-puglisi-2009-197/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA