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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3250615, member: 57495&quot;]As always, I&#039;m trailing behind TIF at a distant second.&nbsp; In this case, I was Bidder <b>#2</b>, winning Lot <b>#2</b>, on December <b>2</b> (it was December 1 for TIF and most of you, but December 2 in my timezone <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps I ought to feel even sillier than TIF as I had to pay a fair bit more than she did for her milestone AMCC win, but I don&#039;t really, because I think my new coin is actually a pretty excellent example of a type I&#039;ve always wanted. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852857[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CAMPANIA, Neapolis</b>, c. 290-270 BC, AR Didrachm. 7.12g, 19.5mm.</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of the siren Parthenope l.; in r. field, B and M below.</p><p>Rev. Man-faced bull advancing r.: below, E.</p><p>SNG ANS 385, SNG Cop 444, Historia Numorum Italy 586.</p><p><i>Ex Tiberius Collection</i></p><p>Parthenope was a siren who threw herself into the sea after failing to bewitch Odysseus, and allegedly washed ashore on a tiny island in the vicinity of Naples, one of the oldest Greek colonies in Italy. Neapolitans today still sometimes refer to themselves as “Partenopei.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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