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Message:: <p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1725222, member: 44183"]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><blockquote><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">Well, I've been at it again!! => I bought myself another Cast AE Bronze!! (yessssssssss)</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">=> it is another coin from Selinos (Celery-ville) this time it has a Gorgon's face on it (sweeet & neat!!)</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">SICILY</font></b></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">, Selinos Cast Æ Tetras</font></b></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Circa 450-440 BC</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 21 mm</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 11.64 grams</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Gorgoneion with four pellets in quarters of face</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Selinon leaf; four pellets around</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIB; CNS 3 (Trias); Thurlow & Vecchi 310; SNG Morcom –; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; HGC 2, 1232</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 12h … Good VF, dark green patina</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection</span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/268143d1371067480-selinos-tetras-.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/268143d1371067480-selinos-tetras-.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/268143d1371067480t-selinos-tetras-.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/268144d1371067481-selinos-tetras-b.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/268144d1371067481-selinos-tetras-b.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/268144d1371067481t-selinos-tetras-b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000"></span>=> that makes "4" => holy schmokes, I'm starting to get quite a collection of these lil' dawgs, eh? </font></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p></blockquote></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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