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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2575639, member: 56859&quot;]Happy Black Friday!&nbsp; I&#039;m putting together the online shopping list today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some black or blackish toned coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/grynionmussel-rt-jpg.496246/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>AEOLIS, Grynion (alt. spellings: Gryneion, Gyrnion, Grynium, others)</b></p><p>4th century BC</p><p>Æ 17 mm, 3.7 gm</p><p>Obi: laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left</p><p>Rev: ΓΥΡΝΗΙΩΝ; mussel shell</p><p>Ref: SNG Ashmolean 1445-6; SNG Copenhagen 202-4</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maesatyreae-rt-jpg.499974/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa, Augusta</b></p><p>CE 218-224/5</p><p>AE 27, 12.71g (11h)</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: TVRIORVM Dido (?) standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, helmsman bending left over rudder (?); to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue</p><p>Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_968b9ed4ebda4bbfb04163ef337317ef.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_520%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_968b9ed4ebda4bbfb04163ef337317ef.jpg%26hash%3D6599a610d8376d52542a63a42ae6fd54&amp;hash=2d6d050905c9c97c78182a16d5c76cb2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Byzantion</b></p><p>340-320 BCE</p><p>AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm</p><p>Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left</p><p>Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern</p><p>Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_ccf8de3275184ddea2f5a9942cd8c004.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_ccf8de3275184ddea2f5a9942cd8c004.jpg&amp;hash=c15280548a50b812ee8d147b591d9606" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, C. Egnatius Cn. f. Cn. n Maxsumus</b></p><p>75 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.82 gm</p><p>Obv: bust of Cupid right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; behind, MAXSVMVS downwards</p><p>Rev: distyle temple with figures of draped Jupiter and Libertas standing facing within; C EGNATIVS CN F below, CN N upwards to right, control to left</p><p>Ref: Crawford 391/2; Sydenham 788</p><p><i>ex Andrew McCabe</i></p><p><i>ex Vecchi Auction 15, 15 June 1999, lot 738</i></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8369d7931c224f56a1b8b4893963ac0e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></p><p><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II</b></p><p>145-116 BCE, Alexandreia mint</p><p>AE28, 29.1 gm</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1424B (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Lorber &amp; Faucher Series 7C</p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_569992e99fea4820b6561fd78f212ea8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>4th century BC</p><p>AE10.7, 1.53 gm.</p><p>Obv: head of Athena right</p><p>Rev: ram lying left, winged boar above, Φ in left field; ANOK (ANOY?) below</p><p>Ref: Not in literature consulted, including Imhoof-Blumer, F., Kleinasiatische Münzen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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