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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2552682, member: 56859&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_5b7e78c17a564e72a673e3b2199314dc.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_960%2Ch_480%2Cal_c%2Clg_1%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_5b7e78c17a564e72a673e3b2199314dc.jpg&amp;hash=32f8a79eb574b278345afb1fd3211bea" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><b>LUCANIA, Velia</b></p><p>305-290 BCE</p><p>AR didrachm, 17.5 mm, 7.3 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left, A</p><p>Rev: YEΛHTΩN; lion standing on exergual line; above dolphin between I and Φ</p><p>Ref: SNG ANS 1375-6</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have anything for this category <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.giphy.com/CMRWlA55AYLpS.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">WHAT?!&nbsp; Another strike??&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Plenty of those <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Here&#039;s one.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f80bed04c29041cc94de34413a649298%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_f80bed04c29041cc94de34413a649298%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=3b57917916c1641295e0181eeafc15cf" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!corinthia-corinth--stater-chimaera/clw5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!corinthia-corinth--stater-chimaera/clw5" rel="nofollow">CORINTHIA, Corinth</a></b></p><p>circa 375-300 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera standing left</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848</p><p><i><i>ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008)</i></i></p><p><i><i>ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381</i></i></p><p><i><i>ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37</i></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll post this Phlius because earlier today I was commenting to [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] that the coin [USER=76835]@TTerrier[/USER]&#039;s ultimately won reminded me of bulls on the coins of Phlius.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_9b3ae5131e4f483f88643971d2e3ccc3.jpg_srb_p_800_421_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=ce25cae3fcdac136d269e51d97ea752c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHLIASIA (PELOPONNESOS), Phlius</b></p><p>400-350 BCE</p><p>AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of butting bull left</p><p>Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9</p><p><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s tempting to show my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">Agathokles tetradrachm</a> for the upteenth time, but instead here&#039;s a Calabrian dolphin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_8e06bad0c82747db9f5c5e8530bbdfe7.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_513%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_8e06bad0c82747db9f5c5e8530bbdfe7.jpg&amp;hash=871070f815c7594ea03303390af2db81" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>CALABRIA, Tarentum</p><p>325-280 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11 mm, 0.56 gm</p><p>Obv: scallop shell</p><p>Rev: dolphin right, trident below (I think it might be a bunch of grapes)</p><p>Ref: Vlasto 1530 (if grapes rather than trident, Vlasto 1527)</p><p><i>from Heritage Auctions 13 Nov. 2014; formerly slabbed</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, no wife for me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; No current pets either.&nbsp; How about a free-range lizard that lived in my bedroom for 9 months a few years ago?&nbsp; Here he is on his last &quot;surprise&quot; voyage... <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-hey-post-your-pet-s-coin-s.258720/#post-2071445" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-hey-post-your-pet-s-coin-s.258720/#post-2071445">Andy the Anole</a> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/andytakesaride-jpg.383598/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.tenor.co/images/d761bdde7fe9f2a19369a1c89bf7dbcf/raw" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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