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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2640825, member: 56859&quot;]I have a few things to toss into this thread <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First, not a Black Sea coin but something which brings me one coin away from completing a denomination set of Klazomenai archaic silver winged boar coins.&nbsp; What the denominations should be called is speculative and there is not agreement in archives and in new listings.&nbsp; The largest denomination is sometimes called a drachm and sometimes a didrachm.&nbsp; The drachm (or didrachm) weight ranges from ~6.5-6.9 gm.&nbsp; Other denominations include hemidrachm (check!), diobol (check! check!), obol (need!), and tetartemorion (check!).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been hunting for one for three years.&nbsp; Several have come to market during that time.&nbsp; Most cost more than I wanted to pay, some considerably more but the price was commensurate with their much better condition.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have to have an EF example and this one came up at the right time and hammered for the right amount.&nbsp; The new leader of my silver Pigasus squad arrived this afternoon <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582572[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>498-494 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 6.77 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; incuse square, somewhat quadripartite</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Rosen 563; Jameson 1492; Asyut 615; Traité II 487; SNG Copenhagen 1-2)</p><p><i>ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), part of lot 310</i></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the OP theme, I have two common Black Sea Aegis/Nike bronzes.&nbsp; It&#039;s awfully tempting to hunt for one from each issuing city and I&#039;ll probably keep a casual eye out for the rest.&nbsp; There is just no way I can hope to match Steve&#039;s awesome Laodikeia though!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_a6814a7b018d4421b7bdd7bcdaaa5407.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_a6814a7b018d4421b7bdd7bcdaaa5407.jpg&amp;hash=d8fa993fa77681d4b89ff333f8d45892" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos</b></p><p>85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator</p><p>AE 22 mm, 7 gm</p><p>Obv: Aegis facing</p><p>Rev: AMI-ΣOY; Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch; monograms flanking</p><p>Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1177-1191; HGC 7, 242</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/amastrisaegis-rt-jpg.496065/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris</b></p><p>85-65 BCE</p><p>AE, 23 mm</p><p>Obv: facing gorgoneion in Aegis</p><p>Rev: AMAΣ-TPEΩN; Nike advancing right, holding palm frond</p><p>Ref: Lindgren 78; BMC 85, 10</p><p><i>I bought this one because I was at a coin show and it is hard to refrain from purchasing stuff, and it was very cheap <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Steve also called for the decapitation parade, so here are mine... all Amisos <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I wanted one badly because everyone was showing theirs at the time and it&#039;s a great story coin.&nbsp; I bought one with a great reverse and a month or two later found a corroded or encrusted example at a local jewelry store (not set in a bezel).&nbsp; It cleaned up amazingly well (second coin below).&nbsp; At some point in the last year or so I bid on a third example.&nbsp; It was going cheaply and I that darned bid finger had a mind of its own <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I really should sell or trade one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontosamisosbeheadedmedusa-med-jpg.313943/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttp%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_ed6209db5c094d73bfec979bc4c4f097.jpg_srb_p_850_418_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%25252526hash%2525253D496041e5b0be41de3ed4a81421402124%252526hash%25253D4020f17f0d8cab366843ba1e5e86939b%2526hash%253De1c26dea74a7668749e63add9dfcd811%26hash%3D2590c95379f261fb4ed2e908de4a2b5c&amp;hash=398444214131e8cb8122e2af74975229" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontos-perseus-medusa-3-jpg.535786/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos</b></p><p>85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator</p><p>AE, all are ~27-29 mm</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with griffin</p><p>Rev: AMIΣOY; Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, Medusa&#039;s body at his feet, blood gushing from the neck[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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