This is my 20,000th posts on CT. It sounds like a lot, but it seems like it wasn't that long ago that I, Stevex6 and others came over to CT (I miss that guy and his posts). Anyway, to celebrate this milestone, I have a gift for myself. A new coin (gee, did you expect something else?). This is a coin I won in the latest FSR Auction which just arrived today. LYCIA. MASIKYTES; LYCIAN LEAGUE AR Hemidrachm OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right REVERSE: Lyre, M - A across fields Masikytes 48-42 BC 1.7 g, 15 mm RPC I 3301 Post anything you like.
Always a fan of anything Bing , everyone of those posts are appreciated I too treated myself and picked up some Greeks from Frank. Here's one of my favs: ABDERA , Tetrobol, 311-280 BC, Griffin left on club, monogram below/Apollo head r in square, sim S1554 (£150); Ex European auction as VF, I call it a nice AVF, well centered, good metal with lt tone.
Way cool, JW! Not even near the amount of yaks you have... You may know this one: THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, MYGDONES or KRESTONES AR Obol OBVERSE: Goat kneeling left, head reverted, solid rosette above, pellet to left REVERSE: Quadripartite incuse square Struck at Thrace, 480-470 BC .79g, 11mm Lorber, Goats, Issue 6; AMNG III 14 (Aigai); HPM pl. III, 16; Traité pl. XLIX, 8; SNG ANS Ex-NN Auction 46 Ex: @Bing
..ahh...kool gift for urself @Bing ...20,000 and looking forward to another 20,000 ...ya know i like those citharas n such..
Neat prezzie to yourself, Bing! I've only been here a little over six years, and you've always been a solid and comforting presence on the board. Here's the next 20,000 posts! IBERIA, Arse/Saguntum AE Quarter Unit. 4.15g, 18.2mm. SPAIN/IBERIA, Arse/Saguntum, circa 150-100 BC. ACIP 1998; SNG BM Spain 1109. O: Scallop shell. R: Dolphin right; three pellets above, Iberian script below. Ex John W. (‘Bing’) Harper Collection
This is really a reason to celebrate with a wonderful gift to yourself. It is a beauty I take this opportunity to thank you for all the time and information you share with us pointing us always in the right direction when we first start here at CT with so many questions. You are truly a mentor Toasting you with my only Augustus Drachm from Masikytes, not a beauty ca. 28/27-19/18 BC, 17.5 mm, 3.174 g, 12 h RPC I 3309; SNG von Aulock 4356 Ob.: Λ – Y Bare head of Augustus to r. Rev.: M - A flanking two lyres, pellet between; plectrum above
Congrats @Bing! Glad to know you have have some of your first 20K on mine and vice versa. Great coin in the OP!