Dioskouroi Bruttium Tetras

The standing figure is read as Hermes by some cataloguers and as Asklepios by others under the same HN number. Denomination named variously Tetras, Trias, Triens and Tetrachalkon in the trade.

The Dioskouroi, the twin horsemen Kastor and Polydeukes, were protectors of sailors, fitting patrons for a city that commanded the strait of Messina. Hermes on the reverse, herald and guide in his winged cap, shares that role as a god of movement and safe passage.

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