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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 7929125, member: 56859&quot;]Fantastic coin, [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]!&nbsp; The bull and lion are unusually clear.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to acquire various coins of Croesus but so far have none so instead I&#039;ll post a few other oldies.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D13aeeb67753c1a66b76a9f743d5b210d&amp;hash=e8644cbd37f9b988c75c06388533f683" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF LYDIA, temp. Ardys - Alyattes</b></p><p>c. 620s-564/53 BCE</p><p>Electrum trite, 4.8 gm, 13.4 mm. Sardes mint.</p><p>Obv: head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead</p><p>Rev: two incuse square punches</p><p>Ref: Weidauer Group XV, 64</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg%26hash%3Dc3ba543d32c5304e7ce0985ffda907cc&amp;hash=cf99e44d201abf034293db3d1348cb9e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>LESBOS, Mytilene</b></p><p>521-478 BCE</p><p>EL hekte, 10.5 mm, 2.6 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev: incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind</p><p>Ref: Bodenstedt Em. 10; HGC 6, 935; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1678; BMC –</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_dfc8bccfc9804bd8bbbb328880145268.jpg_srb_p_800_400_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%26hash%3D5d60f575722baf59bdefcaea600c59c5&amp;hash=bd3a645b15b19ed790658e7b61517f13" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Samos</b></p><p>510-500 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 1673</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDONIA, uncertain</b></p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm</p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: &quot;Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II&quot;, Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/klazodrachm-jpg.582572/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>498-494 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 6.77 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev: incuse square, somewhat quadripartite</p><p>Ref: Rosen 563; Jameson 1492; Asyut 615; Traité II 487; SNG Copenhagen 1-2)</p><p><i>ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), part of lot 310</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_28ed51df612844ac939eb41f4c54c159.jpg_srz_p_706_358_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz&amp;hash=9e4ae97edac50d75dc4c7d8a8f757cff" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p><b>499-494 BC</b></p><p>AR diobol, 9mm, 1.2 g</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: incuse square</p><p>Ref: Cf. BMC 9-10 (drachm); cf. Traité I 488 (drachm). VF, toned, porous. Very rare with boar left, apparently unpublished as a diobol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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