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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2681967, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yesssss!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; I scored three CNG targets today ... they&#039;re all fairly humble, but I&#039;m definitely happy with all three!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This is the first of the three wins ... yup, it&#039;s another cool BCD Thessaly example (yah, I never seem to get sick of adding these comfy silver winners to my collection!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I love the obverse and reverse ... oh, and I am always a fan of slightly crystalline examples (they may be a bit more fragile, but man, they are always so fricken pretty, to me anyway)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">A great bridled horse on the obverse and a super cool reverse showing Athena in &quot;running stance&quot; with spear and shield </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; an animal and sweet weapons!! ...&nbsp; a double-whammy!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Perrhaiboi. AR Obol</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Circa 450-400 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Struck circa 450-430 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Olosson or Phalanna mint</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 12 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 0.87 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Bridled horse rearing left</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Π-Ε-Ρ-Α, Athena in running stance right, holding shield and spear; all within incuse square</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: BCD Thessaly I 1242; BCD Thessaly II 552.2; HGC 4, 151</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 6h … VF, minor granularity</span></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000">From the BCD Collection</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]599705[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Please feel free to pile-on whatever gets you going tonight ... horses, Athena, Thessaly, crystalline coins, etc, etc ... it&#039;s all good, my coin-friends </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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