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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5135184, member: 57495"]Nice buy, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]. Nilus + Dattari = win! I'm usually happy enough with just one good reason to buy a coin, but it's always a bonus when multiple boxes get checked. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one that comes to mind for me:</p><p>- squarely in my area of interest (Thessalian coins)</p><p>- a fascinating type (depicting the ancient sport of <i>taurokathapsia</i>, or bull-leaping)</p><p>- has an excellent pedigree (ex BCD, has a hoard provenance, and is cited in a paper by Catharine Lorber)</p><p>- lovely to look at (that toning! that reticulation!) </p><p>- and wallet-friendly ($63... get out of here!) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204898[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Larissa</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm. 2.96g, 17.3mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa 450-430 BC. Lorber, Thessalian, Series 4, 18c (O10/R9) = CH 9, 77, inv. D/E-2-12 (<i>this coin</i>); BCD Thessaly I –; cf. BCD Thessaly II 178; HGC 4, 459 var. (horse left). O: Thessalos standing left, holding band across horns of forepart of bull leaping left; TO below. R: Λ-Α-P-Ι, forepart of bridled horse right within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection; ex Thessaly hoard, circa 1996 (CH 9, 77, inv. D/E-2-12)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5135184, member: 57495"]Nice buy, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]. Nilus + Dattari = win! I'm usually happy enough with just one good reason to buy a coin, but it's always a bonus when multiple boxes get checked. Here's one that comes to mind for me: - squarely in my area of interest (Thessalian coins) - a fascinating type (depicting the ancient sport of [I]taurokathapsia[/I], or bull-leaping) - has an excellent pedigree (ex BCD, has a hoard provenance, and is cited in a paper by Catharine Lorber) - lovely to look at (that toning! that reticulation!) - and wallet-friendly ($63... get out of here!) [ATTACH=full]1204898[/ATTACH] [B]THESSALY, Larissa[/B] AR Hemidrachm. 2.96g, 17.3mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa 450-430 BC. Lorber, Thessalian, Series 4, 18c (O10/R9) = CH 9, 77, inv. D/E-2-12 ([I]this coin[/I]); BCD Thessaly I –; cf. BCD Thessaly II 178; HGC 4, 459 var. (horse left). O: Thessalos standing left, holding band across horns of forepart of bull leaping left; TO below. R: Λ-Α-P-Ι, forepart of bridled horse right within incuse square. [I]Ex BCD Collection; ex Thessaly hoard, circa 1996 (CH 9, 77, inv. D/E-2-12)[/I][/QUOTE]
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