winna-winna, I'm the Bee-side Champ!! ... yup, I was the lucky weiner of JA's auction ... Please welcome my new-bee addition ... Lycia, Termessos Minor AE21, 5.14g, 9h; 1st-century BC Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right, scepter behind Rev.: TEP-MHΣ/ΣE-ΩN; winged thunderbolt; bee countermark Reference: BMC 277, 9 (Pisidia). SNG von Aulock 4455. Notes: ex-Dr. Florian Heymann. ... thanks buddy
Beautiful counterstamp - not so lovely coin (kinda reminds me of many of my coins). I would have bought it for the bee and nothing else.
The coin is pretty worn and unfortunately someone over-cleaned it, but it's one of the clearest bee marks I've seen. Obviously, without the mark, most of us would pass on the coin. The state of wear on this coin is what makes me believe the Romans sometimes re-monetized older autonomous Greek issues, not just their own provincial issues. The countermark looks exactly like the type of bee cataloged on provincials by Howgego, as opposed to the bee marks of Ephesos.
man, I love comfy lookin' coins ... => and this lil' bee-coin is kinda like a cozy worn-in T-shirt, or a snuggly pair of pyjamas ... but yah, I admit that the bee-stamp is what made me pull the trigger!! Thanks for the coin-kudos (two coins in two days => wow, I'm rollin')
=> I like you Noob, but I'm pretty sure that this baby has been cleaned enough?! Hey, I know that you dudes have seen this coin recently, but what else do you have to do tonight? => post any Lycia examples and/or bee examples and/or examples of your pets or kids dressed-up in Halloween garb, etc!! (post *whatev*) Cheers ... oooow, there's an NFL game on as well, eh? (great night)
Hey, I sure hope that you're not getting sick of seeing these lil' sweeties ... => man, I think I can now officially call this a swarm of coins, eh?
Oh, and sadly my mind is drifting lately, so I hope that I haven't posted these babies very recently as well (oh well, either way) ... Lycia? => yah, a got a few ...
Oh, and if I've already rattled everybody because I posted a girl in her comfy pyjamas, then I may as well keep posting miscellaneous things, eh? => here is my dog, Larry ... and two pumpkins that we carved ...
