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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7830228, member: 87809"]A small AE with the usual Aegis- Nike from Pontos with a beautiful monogram. It says "From the Erworben" collection, but as someone has already pointed out in another thread, there is no such thing as "Erworben" collection, Erworben means acquired....</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ 19, Pontos, Amisos, ca. 85 – 65 BC struck under Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontos</p><p>19.5 mm, 8.38 g</p><p>HGC 7, 242; SNG Copenhagen 171; Sear 3642; SNG Black Sea 1176; BM Catalogue of Greek coins, Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia and the Kingdom of Bosporus, p. 20, No. 72</p><p>Ob.: Aegis with Gorgon’s head at center</p><p>Rev.: AMI-ΣOY Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch; ΔAT monogram at left monogram to right as in the following description</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1345347[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1345348[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was an impulse buy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> after I had realized that I didn't have a Parthian empire coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Drachm, Parthian Empire, Arsacid Dynasty, Phraates II</p><p>He used the title Arsaces on his coinage, which was the name of the first Parthian ruler Arsaces I (r. 247 – 217 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Parthia, Tambrax, ca. 128 – 126 BC</p><p>21 mm, 4.21 g</p><p>Sellwood 16.11; Shore 50, Sunrise 272; BMC Parthia p. 17, 15;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: short-bearded and diademed head of Phraates II to left; city mint mark TAM behind; circular border of pellets</p><p>Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ; Archer Arsakes I wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow; guidelines in legend. No border</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1345353[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My last Greek win:</p><p>I am quite sure that not many collectors would have bid on this Tetrobol, because it is a particularly popular one to fake. In my non-expert opinion, this one is not a fake. It is a Roman imitative, struck in Macedonia by the Roman military during the Roman Republic prior to the Roman victory in 168 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>A recent publication about these Tetrobols by Christos Gatzolis & Selene Psoma, "Coinages Issued to Serve Roman Interests and the Case of Histiaia", in Julien Fournier, Marie-Gabrielle G. Parissaki (eds.), Les communautés du nord égéen au temps de l’hégémonie romaine. Entre ruptures et continuités, MΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 77, Athènes 2018, pp. 63-77:</p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/43455538/Coinages_Issued_to_Serve_Roman_Interests_and_the_Case_of_Histiaia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/43455538/Coinages_Issued_to_Serve_Roman_Interests_and_the_Case_of_Histiaia" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/43455538/Coinages_Issued_to_Serve_Roman_Interests_and_the_Case_of_Histiaia</a></p><p><br /></p><p>AR Tetrobol, 13.5 mm, 2.03 g</p><p>Euboea, Histiaia, c. 168 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG Copenhagen 517.1; BCD 369; BMC Central Greece 27;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Maenad/ nymph Histiaia right, wearing necklace, vine-wreath</p><p>Rev.: (IΣTIAI) / EΩN, Nymph Histiaia seated on stern of galley decorated with wing, holding stylis</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1345365[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1345366[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Once more thank you [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] it was an amazing auction and I am absolutely delighted with all of my Greek wins; still haven't shared my Roman wins, but this is already quite a long read, my apologies ...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7830228, member: 87809"]A small AE with the usual Aegis- Nike from Pontos with a beautiful monogram. It says "From the Erworben" collection, but as someone has already pointed out in another thread, there is no such thing as "Erworben" collection, Erworben means acquired.... Æ 19, Pontos, Amisos, ca. 85 – 65 BC struck under Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontos 19.5 mm, 8.38 g HGC 7, 242; SNG Copenhagen 171; Sear 3642; SNG Black Sea 1176; BM Catalogue of Greek coins, Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia and the Kingdom of Bosporus, p. 20, No. 72 Ob.: Aegis with Gorgon’s head at center Rev.: AMI-ΣOY Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch; ΔAT monogram at left monogram to right as in the following description [ATTACH=full]1345347[/ATTACH] [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1345348[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] This was an impulse buy :) after I had realized that I didn't have a Parthian empire coin: AR Drachm, Parthian Empire, Arsacid Dynasty, Phraates II He used the title Arsaces on his coinage, which was the name of the first Parthian ruler Arsaces I (r. 247 – 217 BC) Parthia, Tambrax, ca. 128 – 126 BC 21 mm, 4.21 g Sellwood 16.11; Shore 50, Sunrise 272; BMC Parthia p. 17, 15; Ob.: short-bearded and diademed head of Phraates II to left; city mint mark TAM behind; circular border of pellets Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ; Archer Arsakes I wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow; guidelines in legend. No border [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1345353[/ATTACH][/CENTER] My last Greek win: I am quite sure that not many collectors would have bid on this Tetrobol, because it is a particularly popular one to fake. In my non-expert opinion, this one is not a fake. It is a Roman imitative, struck in Macedonia by the Roman military during the Roman Republic prior to the Roman victory in 168 BC. A recent publication about these Tetrobols by Christos Gatzolis & Selene Psoma, "Coinages Issued to Serve Roman Interests and the Case of Histiaia", in Julien Fournier, Marie-Gabrielle G. Parissaki (eds.), Les communautés du nord égéen au temps de l’hégémonie romaine. Entre ruptures et continuités, MΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 77, Athènes 2018, pp. 63-77: [URL]https://www.academia.edu/43455538/Coinages_Issued_to_Serve_Roman_Interests_and_the_Case_of_Histiaia[/URL] AR Tetrobol, 13.5 mm, 2.03 g Euboea, Histiaia, c. 168 BC SNG Copenhagen 517.1; BCD 369; BMC Central Greece 27; Ob.: Head of Maenad/ nymph Histiaia right, wearing necklace, vine-wreath Rev.: (IΣTIAI) / EΩN, Nymph Histiaia seated on stern of galley decorated with wing, holding stylis [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1345365[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1345366[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Once more thank you [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] it was an amazing auction and I am absolutely delighted with all of my Greek wins; still haven't shared my Roman wins, but this is already quite a long read, my apologies ...[/QUOTE]
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