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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1834906, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Akragas, eh? ... very cool eagles, gang!! (especially your beauty, A-Joe)</font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Ummm, well obviusly Joe's stunningly detailed winner is a pretty tough act to follow, so rather than try to pose-down beside his super-model, I'm gonna go the opposite direction and I'm gonna post a couple of the original Akragas "cast-bronze-proto-types" that may have led to Joe's ultimate prize?</font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">The first 2 photos show the <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Akragas Onkia</span></b>:</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">An eagle's head (facing left) and a crab's pincher are depicted on the obverse and reverse </span></font></font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]303817[/ATTACH] </span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]303816[/ATTACH] </span></font></font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">The last 3 photos show the <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Akragas Trias</span></b> (4 Onkia):</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">The first photo shows 4 dots (it is worth 4 Onkia) ... If you squint your eyes and think a bit like a bird, you can see the outline of an eagle in the second photo (it is facing left) ... oh, and a crab's body is the blob shown in the fifth photo</span></font></font></span></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]303812[/ATTACH] </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]303813[/ATTACH] </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]303814[/ATTACH] </span></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">... these cast bronze coins are amongst the very first ancient bronze coins </span></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=> 450-440 B.C. (very cool)</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1834906, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]Akragas, eh? ... very cool eagles, gang!! (especially your beauty, A-Joe) Ummm, well obviusly Joe's stunningly detailed winner is a pretty tough act to follow, so rather than try to pose-down beside his super-model, I'm gonna go the opposite direction and I'm gonna post a couple of the original Akragas "cast-bronze-proto-types" that may have led to Joe's ultimate prize?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]The first 2 photos show the [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Akragas Onkia[/COLOR][/B]:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]An eagle's head (facing left) and a crab's pincher are depicted on the obverse and reverse [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000][ATTACH=full]303817[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000][ATTACH=full]303816[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]The last 3 photos show the [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Akragas Trias[/COLOR][/B] (4 Onkia):[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]The first photo shows 4 dots (it is worth 4 Onkia) ... If you squint your eyes and think a bit like a bird, you can see the outline of an eagle in the second photo (it is facing left) ... oh, and a crab's body is the blob shown in the fifth photo[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][ATTACH=full]303812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]303813[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]303814[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]... these cast bronze coins are amongst the very first ancient bronze coins [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]=> 450-440 B.C. (very cool)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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