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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4293544, member: 51347"]LOL, WELL, THAT IS WHAT YOU GET for capturing all those Roman Coins! It was bound to happen. LOL, great coin, and super congratulations! VERY fun find!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well. Umm. That actually happened to me, also.</p><p><br /></p><p>I "needed" a reasonable Man-Faced-Bull, showing a face. I was in a mood one evening, and did a drive-by-shooting, and captured this coin. It was purdy cool, and what I was looking for: Different, AE as opposed to AR, somewhat obscure, etc. I have shown this one before, but the thrill has not gone away.</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted it for the first time, then received a response:</p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">[USER=78411]@Nicholas Molinari[/USER] :</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">"Your first coin is a plate coin in <b>Potamikon</b>, number 343 in our catalog so Sambon 663; Taliercio IIIa.16; MSP I, 343, featuring Acheloios Sebethos as a man-faced bull. Taliercio cited three examples of this type, so yours is the fourth known of that particular variety."</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">"According to my notes, ACR E-Auction 28 lot 12."</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Yeah, I have his book, Potamikon... purdy cool! This was the version they had photographed for the plate coin.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>I like Achelous / Acheloios...</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/campania-ae-apollo-achelous-275-250bce-sng-ans-474-obv-rev-jpg.509859/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Campania, Neopolis</p><p>275-250 BCE</p><p>AE 18, 4.99g</p><p>Obv: Laureate Head of Apollo, NEOPOLITON (in Greek), Theta at r.</p><p>Rev: Achelous advancing r, crowned by flying Nike, IOTA SIGMA under Achelous</p><p>Ref: Sambon 663; HN Italy 589; SNG ANS 474; SNG Copenhage - ;</p><p>Comment: Achelous was a river god from the Achelous River (largest river in Greece). Derivation of his name predates the Greeks, and later the River God became the god over all rivers, lakes, streams, and waters not controlled by Neptune.</p><p>Provenance: Plate coin in Potamikon, number 343 in our catalog so Sambon 663; Taliercio IIIa.16; MSP I, 343, featuring Acheloios Sebethos as a man-faced bull. Taliercio cited three examples of this type, so yours is the fourth known of that particular variety.</p><p>ACR E-Auction 28 lot 12.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4293544, member: 51347"]LOL, WELL, THAT IS WHAT YOU GET for capturing all those Roman Coins! It was bound to happen. LOL, great coin, and super congratulations! VERY fun find! Well. Umm. That actually happened to me, also. I "needed" a reasonable Man-Faced-Bull, showing a face. I was in a mood one evening, and did a drive-by-shooting, and captured this coin. It was purdy cool, and what I was looking for: Different, AE as opposed to AR, somewhat obscure, etc. I have shown this one before, but the thrill has not gone away. I posted it for the first time, then received a response: [I][COLOR=#b30000][USER=78411]@Nicholas Molinari[/USER] : "Your first coin is a plate coin in [B]Potamikon[/B], number 343 in our catalog so Sambon 663; Taliercio IIIa.16; MSP I, 343, featuring Acheloios Sebethos as a man-faced bull. Taliercio cited three examples of this type, so yours is the fourth known of that particular variety." "According to my notes, ACR E-Auction 28 lot 12."[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#000000]Yeah, I have his book, Potamikon... purdy cool! This was the version they had photographed for the plate coin.[/COLOR] I like Achelous / Acheloios... [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/campania-ae-apollo-achelous-275-250bce-sng-ans-474-obv-rev-jpg.509859/[/IMG] Campania, Neopolis 275-250 BCE AE 18, 4.99g Obv: Laureate Head of Apollo, NEOPOLITON (in Greek), Theta at r. Rev: Achelous advancing r, crowned by flying Nike, IOTA SIGMA under Achelous Ref: Sambon 663; HN Italy 589; SNG ANS 474; SNG Copenhage - ; Comment: Achelous was a river god from the Achelous River (largest river in Greece). Derivation of his name predates the Greeks, and later the River God became the god over all rivers, lakes, streams, and waters not controlled by Neptune. Provenance: Plate coin in Potamikon, number 343 in our catalog so Sambon 663; Taliercio IIIa.16; MSP I, 343, featuring Acheloios Sebethos as a man-faced bull. Taliercio cited three examples of this type, so yours is the fourth known of that particular variety. ACR E-Auction 28 lot 12.[/QUOTE]
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