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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2759201, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">So, it seems like you folks liked my four CNG coins well-enough, eh? (thanks) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Here they are again for a final curtain call ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Pharkadon. Æ Dichalkon</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Circa 400-350 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 17 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 4.23 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Horse grazing right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Crescent</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: BCD Thessaly I –; cf. BCD Thessaly II 623.1-2; HGC 4, 309</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 8h … VF, red and black patina</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">From the BCD Collection</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcngcoins.com%252Fphotos%252Fenlarged%252F3980116.jpg%26hash%3Dbd5bba8afdb480c20e7c19cc33462bed&amp;hash=2b9d3389b1d3242bcb7dd35c98fe9fa4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">ISLANDS off TROAS, Tenedos. AR Obol</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Late 5th-early 4th century BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 8 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 0.55 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Janiform head of a diademed female left and laureate male right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Labrys in linear border within shallow incuse square</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: SNG Ashmolean 1235; HGC 6, 387</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 6h … Near VF, toned</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">CNG 398 – Lot #168</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/islands-off-troas-tenedos-janus-and-axe-jpg.632816/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">IONIA, Ephesos. AR Drachm</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Circa 500-420 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 16 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 3.19 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Bee with spiral antennas and no front legs; no ethnic</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Karwiese Series VI, Type 1A; SNG Kayhan 119 var. (obv. border type)</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: VF, irregular flan, some roughness</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ionia-ephesos-ar-drachm-bee-jpg.633212/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">CYPRUS. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ16</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Time of Augustus(?), 27 BC-AD 14</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 16 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 2.64 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Capricorn right; above, six-pointed star</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Scorpion; six-pointed star to right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Amandry, Julio-Claudien I, Group 6; RPC I 3916 and Suppl. 3916 note</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 11h … VF, brown patina, some encrustation</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cypprus-capricorn-scorpion-jpg.633569/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I&#039;ll play a card from Ro&#039;s deck and predict that you guys liked these coins in the following order (rated by the number of likes they received in their OP-posts) ... sure, it&#039;s only one data point, eh?</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">1) Phark It (horse &amp; crescent) =&gt; 35 likes ..... runaway favourite!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">2) Janus &amp; Axe =&gt; 23 likes</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">3) Buzzy Bee =&gt; 23 likes</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">4) Capricorn &amp; Scorpion =&gt; 24 likes</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... the final three coins seemed like a &quot;tie&quot; (I love them all ... but I probably like the bee the best)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Thanks again for your comments (I always appreciate feedback)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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