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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3895829, member: 56859"]I have a fair number of ex-BCD tasty treats but don't have photos of all of the accompanying ephemera and my coins are thousands of miles away until I finish moving.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of my first and a favorite. Isn't the posture of the charging bull magnificent? You can almost hear him snorting and stamping his foot as he prepares to charge.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027356[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHLIASIA, Phlius</b></p><p><b>400-350 BC</b></p><p>AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of butting bull left</p><p>Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9</p><p>from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013</p><p><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales.</i></p><p><i>Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby's, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phliasiaphliusobolprovenance-sm-jpg.335961/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Some currently produced wines from the Cooperative Winery of Nemea show a Phliasian coin on the label <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemeanwines.gr%2Fmedia%2Fk2%2Fitems%2Fcache%2F9caa2793658f3cc387f216157300b1ce_S.jpg&hash=efe6b29caa513397a73ccaaf22686100" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3895829, member: 56859"]I have a fair number of ex-BCD tasty treats but don't have photos of all of the accompanying ephemera and my coins are thousands of miles away until I finish moving. Here's one of my first and a favorite. Isn't the posture of the charging bull magnificent? You can almost hear him snorting and stamping his foot as he prepares to charge. [ATTACH=full]1027356[/ATTACH] [B]PHLIASIA, Phlius 400-350 BC[/B] AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm Obv: forepart of butting bull left Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9 from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013 [I]ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales. Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby's, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phliasiaphliusobolprovenance-sm-jpg.335961/[/IMG][/I] Some currently produced wines from the Cooperative Winery of Nemea show a Phliasian coin on the label :) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemeanwines.gr%2Fmedia%2Fk2%2Fitems%2Fcache%2F9caa2793658f3cc387f216157300b1ce_S.jpg&hash=efe6b29caa513397a73ccaaf22686100[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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