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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7345858, member: 96898"]A great collection of Greek island coins, which is rendered all the more interesting by your little write-ups!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the hemidrachms you mentioned. Korkyra, im my opinion, is undercollected.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281496[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Korkyra, Korkyra, AR hemidrachm, ca. 450–400 BC. Obv: amphora; above, crescent. Rev: eight-rayed star; crescent in field. 14mm, 2.46g. Ref: BMC 76; SNG Evelpidis 1876. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>The usual Lesbos diobol – no match for the stater shown above:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281497[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Lesbos, uncertain mint, AR diobol, ca. 500–450 BC. Obv: two boar’s heads facing. Rev: fourpartite incuse. 9.5mm, 1.26g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 287.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>A hemidrachm from Rhodes, which I bought for the gaff hook fieldmark:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281498[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Caria, Rhodes, hemidrachm, ca. 205–190 BC, magistrate: Gorgos. Obv: head of Helios facing r. Rev: ΓOPΓ[OΣ]; rosebud and ethnic R-[O]; in field l. gaff hook. 10mm, 1.09g. HGC 6, 1454. Ashton: The Coinage of Rhodes (2001), no. 304 (p. 109); SNG Keckman I 585. </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">And my only Greek purchase from last year, which is from Thasos. I'm actively looking for a satyr-and-nymph stater to accompany it:</font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1281499[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR trihemiobol, c. 411-350 BC. Obv: Satyr kneeling l., holding kylix. Rev: ΘAΣ-IΩN; amphora. 12mm, 0.87g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 103.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7345858, member: 96898"]A great collection of Greek island coins, which is rendered all the more interesting by your little write-ups! Here is one of the hemidrachms you mentioned. Korkyra, im my opinion, is undercollected. [ATTACH=full]1281496[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Korkyra, Korkyra, AR hemidrachm, ca. 450–400 BC. Obv: amphora; above, crescent. Rev: eight-rayed star; crescent in field. 14mm, 2.46g. Ref: BMC 76; SNG Evelpidis 1876. [/SIZE] The usual Lesbos diobol – no match for the stater shown above: [ATTACH=full]1281497[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Lesbos, uncertain mint, AR diobol, ca. 500–450 BC. Obv: two boar’s heads facing. Rev: fourpartite incuse. 9.5mm, 1.26g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 287.[/SIZE] A hemidrachm from Rhodes, which I bought for the gaff hook fieldmark: [ATTACH=full]1281498[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Caria, Rhodes, hemidrachm, ca. 205–190 BC, magistrate: Gorgos. Obv: head of Helios facing r. Rev: ΓOPΓ[OΣ]; rosebud and ethnic R-[O]; in field l. gaff hook. 10mm, 1.09g. HGC 6, 1454. Ashton: The Coinage of Rhodes (2001), no. 304 (p. 109); SNG Keckman I 585. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]And my only Greek purchase from last year, which is from Thasos. I'm actively looking for a satyr-and-nymph stater to accompany it: [ATTACH=full]1281499[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR trihemiobol, c. 411-350 BC. Obv: Satyr kneeling l., holding kylix. Rev: ΘAΣ-IΩN; amphora. 12mm, 0.87g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 103.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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