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Bruttium. Rhegium. 478-470 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.51g. (9h). Obv: Charioteer driving biga of mules right. In exergue, laurel leaf. Dotted border. Rx: ΡΕΓΙΝΟΝ Hare right. Dotted border. Caltabiano Caccamo, pl. 64-65, series IIB. SNG ANS 626. About VF.
When the tyrant Anaxilas of Rhegion won the race of the mule chariots at Olympia, he changed the type of his coins in both cities at the Strait of Messina, Rhegion and Messana. On the obverse, a chariot of mules (Apene) is depicted, while on the reverse a hare is shown. The reverse type has to do with the cult of the god Pan, although Aristotle claims that Anaxilas put a hare on his coins because he had introduced hares to Sicily and was proud to have done so.
When the tyrant Anaxilas of Rhegion won the race of the mule chariots at Olympia, he changed the type of his coins in both cities at the Strait of Messina, Rhegion and Messana. On the obverse, a chariot of mules (Apene) is depicted, while on the reverse a hare is shown. The reverse type has to do with the cult of the god Pan, although Aristotle claims that Anaxilas put a hare on his coins because he had introduced hares to Sicily and was proud to have done so.