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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7928817, member: 10461"]WOW! I love mural crowns.</p><p><br /></p><p>All I have is this $20-something cheapo. Still a fun little coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like it? <i>It could be yours</i>, anybody- if you win the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-61-pick-your-prize-extra-bonus-drawing.387061/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-61-pick-your-prize-extra-bonus-drawing.387061/">current giveaway</a>, or one of my other "pick your prize" contests. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phoenicia-arados-bronze-%C3%8617-ca-242-166-bc-turreted-head-of-tyche-athena-on-ships-prow.364722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phoenicia-arados-bronze-%C3%8617-ca-242-166-bc-turreted-head-of-tyche-athena-on-ships-prow.364722/">Phoenicia (Arados): bronze Æ17, ca. 242-166 BC; turreted head of Tyche / Athena on ship's prow</a></b></font></font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/02-arados-gradient-png.1271420/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse: </b><a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/portraits-of-tyche-fortuna-protectress-of-cities-found-on-ancient-coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/portraits-of-tyche-fortuna-protectress-of-cities-found-on-ancient-coins.html" rel="nofollow">turreted</a> head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche" rel="nofollow">Tyche</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna" rel="nofollow">Fortuna</a>) right, wearing <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/of-mural-crowns.344366/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/of-mural-crowns.344366/">mural crown</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena" rel="nofollow">Athena</a> standing left on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley#Introduction_of_the_ram" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley#Introduction_of_the_ram" rel="nofollow">prow</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley" rel="nofollow">galley</a>; club and monogram above.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Æ 17.3 mm, 3.91 g. Struck ca. 242-166 BC at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwad#Ancient_history" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwad#Ancient_history" rel="nofollow">Arados</a> in Phoenicia (now Arwad in modern Syria).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex- Biga Numismatics (formerly Alibaba Coins), Netherlands, 13 May 2020. They attributed this as Duyrat-1365.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7928817, member: 10461"]WOW! I love mural crowns. All I have is this $20-something cheapo. Still a fun little coin. Like it? [I]It could be yours[/I], anybody- if you win the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-61-pick-your-prize-extra-bonus-drawing.387061/']current giveaway[/URL], or one of my other "pick your prize" contests. ;) [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] [B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phoenicia-arados-bronze-%C3%8617-ca-242-166-bc-turreted-head-of-tyche-athena-on-ships-prow.364722/']Phoenicia (Arados): bronze Æ17, ca. 242-166 BC; turreted head of Tyche / Athena on ship's prow[/URL][/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/02-arados-gradient-png.1271420/[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Obverse: [/B][URL='https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/portraits-of-tyche-fortuna-protectress-of-cities-found-on-ancient-coins.html']turreted[/URL] head of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche']Tyche[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna']Fortuna[/URL]) right, wearing [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/of-mural-crowns.344366/']mural crown[/URL]. [B]Reverse:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena']Athena[/URL] standing left on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley#Introduction_of_the_ram']prow[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley']galley[/URL]; club and monogram above. Æ 17.3 mm, 3.91 g. Struck ca. 242-166 BC at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwad#Ancient_history']Arados[/URL] in Phoenicia (now Arwad in modern Syria). Ex- Biga Numismatics (formerly Alibaba Coins), Netherlands, 13 May 2020. They attributed this as Duyrat-1365.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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