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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2631590, member: 15445&quot;]Sorry I&#039;m tardy to this thread.&nbsp; There are oodles of nice lions already posted!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This guy is mostly lion (although his DNA may be a little bit twisted):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]579190[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SIKYONIA, Sikyon</b></p><p><b>AR Stater </b></p><p><b>335-330 BC</b></p><p>11.94 grams, 23.2 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Chimera advancing left, paw raised, wreath above, ΣΕ below.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Dove flying left, I left, all within olive wreath.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> a gVF nicely toned coin.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Sikyon mint. BCD Peloponnesos 219, Traité III 776, BCD Peloponnesos pg 40, 56. SNG Cop 48 var (N instead of I). Ex CNG auction 312 lot 88 originating from a 1930’s collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>This guy is quite chunky:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]579191[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>BABALONIA, Babylon </b></p><p><b>AR Stater (or Dishekel) </b></p><p><b>328-321 B.C. </b></p><p>16.08 grams, 22 mm x 5.5 mm thick</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Ba’al seated left holding scepter</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Lion walking left, control mark</p><p>&nbsp; Г above.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> good Fine to a Very Fine</p><p>&nbsp; nicely toned &amp; centered.</p><p><b>Other:</b>Good silver 5.5 mm thick.&nbsp; Anonymous mintage of Eastern Alexandrine empire under the successors of Mazaeus (Stamenes 328-323 B.C., Archon 323-321 B.C.) See BMC.34, BMC.184/36. Babylonian stater coin sometimes called a tetradrachm according to the Attic standard due to its 16 gram weight. Ex Pegasi auction #19 lot 181 November 18, 2008. From private sale January 11, 2014.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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