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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2188984, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I must admit that the fact Doug has been flaunting that wonderful Sinope Medusa of his made me go searching for my own example (man, that dude has so many cool coins, eh?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sure, maybe this first coin isn&#039;t the world&#039;s most wonderful example, but it does have some pretty smooth eye-appeal and it has most of the things I look for with these cool coin-types:</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">- a nice gryphon, visible on Athena&#039;s helmet</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">- most of the parts associated with Perseus &amp; Medusa</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">- most of coin&#039;s letters/legend</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; so, all-in-all I think that this baby delivers enough to pull the trigger!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Please welcome my 5th Perseus &amp; Medusa example, but my first example from Sinope ... very cool</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">PAPHLAGONIA, SINOPE, Æ28</span></b></p><p>CA. 85-65 BC</p><p>Diameter: 28 mm</p><p>Weight: 19.0 grams</p><p>Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right</p><p>Reverse: Perseus standing facing, head left, holding harpa and head of Medusa; at feet, body of Medusa</p><p>Reference: RG 62; SNG BMC Black Sea 1531</p><p>Other: 12 h … brown and black patina</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425028[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">My second Sinope example is another cool coin with &quot;Medusa&quot; showing her pretty face ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sure again, I&#039;ve seen better examples from Pontos, but this baby is from Sinope </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; yup, today I lost my Sinope-virginity and now I&#039;m a total Sinope-whore!!</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></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Please welcome my dirty second example ... yummy-yummy!!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">PAPHLAGONIA, SINOPE, Æ22, MITHRADATES VI</span></b></p><p>Date: 120-63 BC</p><p>Size: 22.04 mm</p><p>Weight: 6.29 grams</p><p>Obverse: Aegis of Athena with head of Medusa at center</p><p>Reverse: Nike advancing right, holding palm branch over her left shoulder</p><p>Reference: BMC 48</p><p>Other: A nice bronze with nice detail and centering</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425029[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425026[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, and please post your Pontos Amisos, Pontos Komana and/or Sinope Paphlagonia examples (sure, it&#039;s been done before, but man =&gt; this stuff never gets old, my friends =&gt; this is why we buy these things, right?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I like you dudes</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Cheers</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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