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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3201487, member: 96635&quot;]For the past weeks I got some new coins, I want to show you guys what I got, opinions are appreciated. I also bought a lot of Seleucid coins but I still need to make pictures of them and are not included.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin I always wanted to have in my collection, and in a good condition in my opinion:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/aDai9yD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Obol from Mysia, Kyzikos, 450 B.C. - 400 B.C.</p><p>Obverse: Forepart of boar left, retrograde E on body, tunny fish swimming upwards behind.</p><p>Reverse: Head of roaring lion left, within shallow incuse square.</p><p>11mm; 0,86g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some time ago I opened a topic that I want to have a full denomination set, I decided I chose Ephesos and now I obtained a beautiful drachm and a tetartemorion.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Cc4uJuP.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Drachm from Ionia, Ephesos circa 500-420 BC.</p><p>Obverse: Bee, EΦ-[EΣI].</p><p>Reverse: quadripartite incuse square.</p><p>14mm; 3,20g</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ypXxgZN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tetartemorion from Ionia, Ephesos circa 500-420 BC.</p><p>Obverse: Bee</p><p>Reverse: Head of Eagle right, EΦ in square</p><p>6mm; 0,20g</p><p><br /></p><p>I could not believe my eyes what a piece of art could be on such a tiny coin of 6mm only! It kinds of bothers me the head of the bee is no visible but it is compensated by the beautiful head of the bird on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have also been into collecting coins from Amisos, I want to get them all because of the great variety in the designs, thats not often seen in the Hellenistic age!</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/44IfbVb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Bronze coin from Amisos, Pontos, 120 B.C. - 63 B.C.</p><p>Obverse: Helmeted head of Ares right.</p><p>Reverse:AMI-ΣOY across fields, sword in sheath, star in crescent at upper left, IB at upper right, ΡΠMK monogram at lower left, no monogram at lower right.</p><p>20mm; 7,87g</p><p><br /></p><p>A nice bronze coin from Kyme can not be missed in my collection as well!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/HhH3NBC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Bronze coin from Kyme, Aeolis, 350-250 B.C.</p><p>Obverse: KY, horse standing right, front left leg raised. Magistrates name under horse.</p><p>Reverse: One-handled drinking cup with monogram at left field.</p><p>15mm; 3,20mm</p><p><br /></p><p>A cheap Seleucid silver coin I obtained in the lot.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/tSsh8m1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Demetrius I Soter Drachm, 161 B.C. - 150 B.C</p><p>Obverse: Diademed head of Demetrius right, wreathed with ivy; dotted border.</p><p>Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, cornucopia; below, two monograms and date ΞP (= year 161 = 152BC)</p><p>18mm; 3,97g</p><p><br /></p><p>And for the Byzantine collectors, a nice Anonymous follis Class C.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/OoYqoMQ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Anonymous Follis Class C Jesus Christ Michael IV, 1034 A.D. – 1041 A.D.</p><p>Obverse:EMMANOVHL, three-quarter length figure of Christ standing facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left, IC-XC.</p><p>Reverse:Jeweled cross with pellet at each extremity, in the angles IC - XC / NI-KA (May Jesus Christ Conquer).</p><p>28mm; 9,24g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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