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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2223038, member: 56859&quot;]<b><font size="6"><span style="color: #0000ff">B</span></font></b> is for...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>B</b>ull</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9b3ae5131e4f483f88643971d2e3ccc3.jpg_srb_p_800_421_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHLIASIA (PELOPONNESOS), Phlius</b></p><p>400-350 BCE</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><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4d8ffd4c7692454fbdaae532a808a53a.jpg_srb_p_850_434_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Arados.&nbsp; Trajan</b> </p><p>CY 375 (CE 116/7)</p><p>Æ22, 9.65 g</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan </p><p>Rev: bull charging left</p><p>Reference:&nbsp; SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_aaabf08f94784969aa7b5bbaac464075.jpg_srb_p_1000_497_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>PHOENICIA, Byblos.&nbsp; Uzibaal</p><p>350-335 BCE</p><p>AR dishekel, 13.3 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Three hoplites with shields in war galley left, roaring lion&#039;s head on prow, waves below galley;&nbsp; hippocamp left below; murex shell beneath; Z O (N O?) in field</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Phoenician inscription; lion attacking bull left</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Copenhagen 132, BMC 26.95, 4.&nbsp;&nbsp; Note:&nbsp; The date of this issue varies depending on source and ranges from 400 to 335 BC.&nbsp;&nbsp; Various references translate the inscription to ‘zb‘l mlk gbl (Ozbaal, king of Byblus)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_308a6bdbd24442b28076eb468c0b7786.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EUBOIA, Eretria</b></p><p>357-267 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of nymph Eretria left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; head of bull facing, fillets from horns, EY above, satyr&#039;s head facing in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Wallace pl. XI, cf 126. 3.08g, 18mm, 11h. </p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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