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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1715623, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff">Great coin, Noob ... (man, I love these cow/bull coins!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=> I also happen to have a couple of examples of cows hangin' 10 ... first, a cow ridin' a dolphin (I think your example is probably a bit better than mine) and secondly, a cow ridin' an ear o' corn (or a grain-ear!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">THRACE</font></font></b></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"><b><font face="Arial"> BYZANTION AR HEMIDRACHM</font></b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">C. 340-320 BC </span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 14mm</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 2.48 grams</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Cow standing left on dolphin </span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Incuse 'mill sail' punch </span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Reference: SNG BM 36-41</font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Other: Grey tone with good detail</font></font><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"></font>[ATTACH]264630.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]264631.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"></font></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><font face="Arial"><b>Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Siglos Bull</b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><font face="Arial"><b></b></font></span><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">circa 340-320 BC</font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Diameter: 17 mm</font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Weight: 5.31 grams</font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Obverse: KALC (KALX) Kalchedon/Calchedon? ... Bull standing on grain ear</font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Reverse: "mill-sail" incuse</font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Reference: SNG Cop 348</font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Other: good VF, Banker's mark on bothsides.</font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"></font>[ATTACH]264632.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]264633.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... thanks for letting me post, fellow bull-Dolphin!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH]264634.vB[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1715623, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff]Great coin, Noob ... (man, I love these cow/bull coins!!) => I also happen to have a couple of examples of cows hangin' 10 ... first, a cow ridin' a dolphin (I think your example is probably a bit better than mine) and secondly, a cow ridin' an ear o' corn (or a grain-ear!!) [/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]THRACE[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Arial] BYZANTION AR HEMIDRACHM[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]C. 340-320 BC [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 14mm[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Weight: 2.48 grams Obverse: Cow standing left on dolphin Reverse: Incuse 'mill sail' punch [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Reference: SNG BM 36-41 Other: Grey tone with good detail[/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][ATTACH]264630.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]264631.vB[/ATTACH] [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=Arial][B]Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Siglos Bull [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]circa 340-320 BC Diameter: 17 mm Weight: 5.31 grams Obverse: KALC (KALX) Kalchedon/Calchedon? ... Bull standing on grain ear Reverse: "mill-sail" incuse Reference: SNG Cop 348 Other: good VF, Banker's mark on bothsides. [/SIZE][ATTACH]264632.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]264633.vB[/ATTACH] [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] ... thanks for letting me post, fellow bull-Dolphin!! [ATTACH]264634.vB[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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