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Poseidon was normally associated with horses, but bulls were the animals most commonly sacrificed to him. As a student of Greek tragedy, I recall...
“As distinct from the man-faced bull [see Part 1], there is a possibility that an ordinary bull was sometimes used as a coin-type to represent a...
Thanks, Ancientnoob, but I'm afraid there are several coins where that isn't the case: Tarentum, coin 2: Reverse = wheel with 4 spokes,...
Here they are, YOC: [IMG] Metapontum, Lucania, AR stater, c 340-330 BC, 21mm, 7.89 g, 10h. OBVERSE: AMI, Bearded, helmeted head of Leukippos /...
The first post had both obverses and reverses showing. Here are the other sides of the 28 (soon to be 29) coins: [ATTACH]
It is indeed! At the end of that thread, I mentioned that it is 30 mm at its greatest width. I don't think I've ever seen a larger Gela tetradrachm.
Nico: I will send you a PM with information on the Tarentums. I will be interested to see what additional information you can give me.
Thank you one and all for the pleasing comments. 4to2: The Gela is a recent acquisition. See this thread for a little more detail:...
It would be a bit more disciplined if I hadn't purchased the last 6, NON-MAGNA GRAECIA coins! :stop::greedy:
I imagine I'm one of the few forum members who can do this, but at the request of Eric Kondratieff and with help from TIF, I will post my entire...
The quote was from the Getty Villa website. The trapezophoros is in the Ascoli Satriano museum in Italy according to this blog:...
Another brave soul has joined us...Valiant Knight! You can PM me with the photo uploading info, TIF. How do I become a CoinTalk supporter?
I already deleted that photo, TIF. I would appreciate receiving your step-by-step process of uploading photos stored on a PC. I'm running Windows...
I would like to post a photo of the Abafil tray (there are only 29 coins in it), but I'm a babe lost in the woods when it comes to uploading...
I accessed the site first through a "secure browser" window provided by my Kaspersky Internet Security. When I found out it was an expired...
The two griffins and deer trapezophoros is no longer at the Getty Villa: "...it was part of the looted antiquities depicted on the Medici...
I was nearing the end of my 45 minute walk today when the mailwoman came around the corner and, pointing her finger at me, brought her little...
Nico: The tomb marble of two griffins feasting on a deer is amazing! What is the approximate date?
Wow, I just got back online and it took me 20 minutes to read everything that's been added to this thread! Thank you all very much. Extra special...
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