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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3278155, member: 82322"]Yours looks great! It is nearly impossible to get a nice even strike but yours has it. I have several examples and none have the body detail of yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was able to obtain an example from Amastris. Mine lacks many of the things yours has, especially the clear body. Yours has a great harpa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours has a nice clear Pegasus decoration on the helmet. What do you think the decorations on are on the forehead part of the helmet? I believe they are supposed to be horseheads. On yours they look OK, on mine they look like monkeys.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]866054[/ATTACH] </p><p>Paphlagonia, Amastris, Mithradates VI, circa 85-65 BC, 29 mm, 19.12g</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.</p><p>Rev: [A]MAΣT-PEΩ[Σ]; Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet; monogram to left and right.</p><p>Ref: <i>SNG BM Black Sea</i> #1534-5[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3278155, member: 82322"]Yours looks great! It is nearly impossible to get a nice even strike but yours has it. I have several examples and none have the body detail of yours. I was able to obtain an example from Amastris. Mine lacks many of the things yours has, especially the clear body. Yours has a great harpa. Yours has a nice clear Pegasus decoration on the helmet. What do you think the decorations on are on the forehead part of the helmet? I believe they are supposed to be horseheads. On yours they look OK, on mine they look like monkeys. [ATTACH=full]866054[/ATTACH] Paphlagonia, Amastris, Mithradates VI, circa 85-65 BC, 29 mm, 19.12g Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: [A]MAΣT-PEΩ[Σ]; Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet; monogram to left and right. Ref: [I]SNG BM Black Sea[/I] #1534-5[/QUOTE]
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