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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2501102, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff">I'm a huge fan of these sweet ol' AR crystalized sweeties .... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=> but when I saw an example with a prow, a sword and a dude that I don't have holding a cool shield, I was in!! (big-time)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I like everything about this baby ... including the price ($160) ... not too shabby, eh?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Thebai, AR Hemidrachm </span></b></p><p>Early 3rd century BC</p><p>Diameter: 15 mm</p><p>Weight: 2.52 grams</p><p>Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath</p><p>Reverse: ΘHBAIΩИ, Protesilaos right, holding shield and sword, and stepping off prow of galley to left</p><p>Reference: BCD Thessaly I 1347 corr. (same dies; retrograde И not mentioned); BCD Thessaly II 758 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 30 (same dies as illustration)</p><p>Other: 12h … VF, toned, some granularity</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the BCD Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530547[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2501102, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff]I'm a huge fan of these sweet ol' AR crystalized sweeties .... => but when I saw an example with a prow, a sword and a dude that I don't have holding a cool shield, I was in!! (big-time) Yah, I like everything about this baby ... including the price ($160) ... not too shabby, eh?[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#ff0000]THESSALY, Thebai, AR Hemidrachm [/COLOR][/B] Early 3rd century BC Diameter: 15 mm Weight: 2.52 grams Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath Reverse: ΘHBAIΩИ, Protesilaos right, holding shield and sword, and stepping off prow of galley to left Reference: BCD Thessaly I 1347 corr. (same dies; retrograde И not mentioned); BCD Thessaly II 758 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 30 (same dies as illustration) Other: 12h … VF, toned, some granularity [I]From the BCD Collection[/I] [ATTACH=full]530547[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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