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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7774152, member: 99456"]That's a pretty stunning example for clarity of corpse and gushing neck. Your monograms swap position compared to my coin and Doug's with same monograms. This one, from Amisos, hits most of the requirements but the weakly struck reverse is not ideal:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333412[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pontus, Amisos, struck under Mithradates VI, ca. 105-65 BC, AE</p><p><u><b>Obverse </b></u></p><ul> <li>Shows a clear Pegasus</li> <li>Athena's face was the highlight for me</li> <li>Surfaces are<b> <span style="color: #006633">smooth on obverse</span></b></li> </ul><p><u><b>Reverse</b></u></p><ul> <li>Medusa's head<b> <span style="color: #b30000"><span style="color: #006633">visible</span> but without facial details</span></b></li> <li>Decapitated body is weak but clearly shows blood gushing from the neck</li> <li>Harpa is on the flan and shows the hook</li> <li>Perseus has a head and some facial detail</li> <li>Surfaces are <span style="color: #b30000"><b>not very smooth on reverse</b></span></li> <li>City name is clear</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7774152, member: 99456"]That's a pretty stunning example for clarity of corpse and gushing neck. Your monograms swap position compared to my coin and Doug's with same monograms. This one, from Amisos, hits most of the requirements but the weakly struck reverse is not ideal: [ATTACH=full]1333412[/ATTACH] Pontus, Amisos, struck under Mithradates VI, ca. 105-65 BC, AE [U][B]Obverse [/B][/U] [LIST] [*]Shows a clear Pegasus [*]Athena's face was the highlight for me [*]Surfaces are[B] [COLOR=#006633]smooth on obverse[/COLOR][/B] [/LIST] [U][B]Reverse[/B][/U] [LIST] [*]Medusa's head[B] [COLOR=#b30000][COLOR=#006633]visible[/COLOR] but without facial details[/COLOR][/B] [*]Decapitated body is weak but clearly shows blood gushing from the neck [*]Harpa is on the flan and shows the hook [*]Perseus has a head and some facial detail [*]Surfaces are [COLOR=#b30000][B]not very smooth on reverse[/B][/COLOR] [*]City name is clear [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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