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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4599554, member: 57495"]The Hellenistic period has some truly incredible portraits on coins, but, for now at least, my coin cash still tends to go elsewhere. Below are two of my favorite Greek silvers... one has a portrait (of a mythological figure), and the other doesn't, but both I think still qualify as great art. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139238[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii</b></p><p>AR Stater. 12.09g, 24.9mm. LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii, Opus mint, circa 350-340 BC. BCD Lokris-Phokis 60; McClean 5433; HGC 4, 992 var (control). O: Head of Demeter left, wreathed with grain. R: OΠONTIΩN, Ajax the Lesser advancing right, brandishing sword and holding shield decorated with griffin and palmette; spear on ground behind, Λ between legs.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139237[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CRETE, Gortyna</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4599554, member: 57495"]The Hellenistic period has some truly incredible portraits on coins, but, for now at least, my coin cash still tends to go elsewhere. Below are two of my favorite Greek silvers... one has a portrait (of a mythological figure), and the other doesn't, but both I think still qualify as great art. [ATTACH=full]1139238[/ATTACH] [B]LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii[/B] AR Stater. 12.09g, 24.9mm. LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii, Opus mint, circa 350-340 BC. BCD Lokris-Phokis 60; McClean 5433; HGC 4, 992 var (control). O: Head of Demeter left, wreathed with grain. R: OΠONTIΩN, Ajax the Lesser advancing right, brandishing sword and holding shield decorated with griffin and palmette; spear on ground behind, Λ between legs. [ATTACH=full]1139237[/ATTACH] [B]CRETE, Gortyna[/B] AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted.[/QUOTE]
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