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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 24866431, member: 111067&quot;]Two of ten coins I am waiting for arrived today. I don´t have many Greek coins and these are wonderful to hold and look at.</p><p>SELEUCIS &amp; PIERIA. Antioch. Ae Tetrachalkon (63-28 BC). Uncertain date.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.</p><p>Rev: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ.</p><p>Zeus seated left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; 7,64 g - 19,21 mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595244[/ATTACH]</p><p>PHRYGIA. Apameia. Ae (Circa 88-40 BC). Magistrate Attalos, son of Bianor, eglogistes.</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Artemis-Tyche right, with bow and quiver over shoulder.</p><p>Rev: AΠAMEΩN / ATTAΛOY BIANOPOΣ.</p><p>Marsyas advancing right, playing aulos; menander pattern below.</p><p>BMC 62; HGC 7, 674. 5,49 g - 18,77 mm</p><p>In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double oboe that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595245[/ATTACH] Post your Marsyas or other Satyres[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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