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<p>[QUOTE="Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8166347, member: 100951"]I mostly collect Roman Republic denarii, but I’ll occasionally purchase Greek coins that I find interesting. Today I bought an AR drachm of Pamphylia, Aspendos from Lodge Antiquities on Vcoins. I know Aspendos minted vast quantities of AR staters depicting hoplites or wrestlers. However, I don’t see the drachms coming up for sale too often.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/h5mx0pU.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pamphylia, ASPENDOS AR drachm 420-360 B.C Obverse: Horseman (Mopsos, founder of Aspendos) galloping left hurling spear,. Reverse: Boar prancing left. Weight: 5.36 grams. Diameter: 18.34 mm. References: SNG COP. -. SNG Frankreich 25.</p><p>Ex. Lodge Antiquities</p><p><br /></p><p>My example seems to be an obverse die match to a coin that sold at CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298424" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298424" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298424</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Post pictures of your coins from Pamphylia![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8166347, member: 100951"]I mostly collect Roman Republic denarii, but I’ll occasionally purchase Greek coins that I find interesting. Today I bought an AR drachm of Pamphylia, Aspendos from Lodge Antiquities on Vcoins. I know Aspendos minted vast quantities of AR staters depicting hoplites or wrestlers. However, I don’t see the drachms coming up for sale too often. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/h5mx0pU.jpg[/IMG] Pamphylia, ASPENDOS AR drachm 420-360 B.C Obverse: Horseman (Mopsos, founder of Aspendos) galloping left hurling spear,. Reverse: Boar prancing left. Weight: 5.36 grams. Diameter: 18.34 mm. References: SNG COP. -. SNG Frankreich 25. Ex. Lodge Antiquities My example seems to be an obverse die match to a coin that sold at CNG: [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298424[/URL] Post pictures of your coins from Pamphylia![/QUOTE]
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