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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2092565, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, my budget doesn&#039;t start until March 1st, so I couldn&#039;t resist takin&#039; a peek at today&#039;s auction ... I scored two sweet coins </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; and here is the first addition .... yup, it&#039;s another horsey-coin from Thessaly Larissa (man, I never get tired of collecting these cool examples!!) ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This baby is an &quot;AE&quot; version ... I think that it&#039;s very cool (I hope that you guys agree)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Larissa, Æ Tetrachalkon </span></b></p><p>Circa 356-337 BC</p><p>Diameter: 19 mm</p><p>Weight: 8.60 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left</p><p>Reverse: ΛAPI Σ/AIΩN around from upper left (N retrograde), bridled horse trotting right; E above; below, grain ear upward to left</p><p>Reference: Rogers 273; BCD Thessaly II 387.8; HGC 4, 517</p><p>Other: 5h … Near EF, dark green patina</p><p><i>From the BCD Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]392177[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392178[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... yah, despite the obverse being a bit off-center, I think that this sweet example is all that!! </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; man, ya gotta love these 3/4 facing examples, 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 mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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