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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1973948, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm yah, I have always wanted one of these sweet coin types ... who wouldn&#039;t, right?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; a sweet galley, a fricken hippocamp, and then they toss-in an amazing kill-scene on the reverse, featuring a lion and a bull (huh, apparently a lion would win that fight) ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, I also want to preface this thread with the following ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><u><i><span style="color: #8000ff">One of my awesome coin-friends has an even sweeter coin &quot;waiting in the wings&quot; ... so, this cool offering of mine is kinda like the warm-up band!! (you guys are certainly in for a sweet treat!!) </span></i></u></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; back to my cool coin =&gt; this 1/16 shekel is pretty darn tiny (another one of my tiny offerings) ... yah, I heard a rumour that the ol&#039; Greeks would store their coins in their mouths (well, I&#039;m pretty sure that a few of &#039;em were searching through their scat after the fact, for it would be extremely easy to accidentally swallow this sweet lil&#039; coin!!) .... eccchhh ... man, I hope that didn&#039;t happen too often to my sweet new addition!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&quot;enjoy&quot; (I&#039;ve always loved this coin type ... finally, I have a purdy nice example to share with you comrades) ... </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Phoenicia, Byblos King Uzzibaal AR 1/16 Shekel </b></span></p><p>Date: 365-350 BC</p><p>Size: 11.03 mm</p><p>Weight: 0.76 grams</p><p>Obverse: Galley sailing left, hippocamp swimming left below</p><p>Reverse: Lion attacking bull, left</p><p>Reference: BMC 6</p><p>Other: A nice example with bold detail and near perfect centering which is seldom seen in the issue</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]350706[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]350707[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Huh? ... yah, I&#039;m always astounded that the good ol&#039; Greek craftsmen were able to create such intricate designs on such small pallets, eh? (very cool)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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