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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2971866, member: 82322"]Steve had a collection of the aegis/Nike coins by mint. (He had them all.) At one time I tried to get all of the mints for this related Athena/Perseus type. It turned out to be too hard -- there are some very rare coins! Here is a scarce one, from the Komana mint. NOT Amisos or Sinope. Komana isn't impossible to obtain -- there are three in acsearch.info -- but if you are waiting for a nice one it might take several lifetimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]729237[/ATTACH] </p><p>Pontos, Komana, AE27 19.2g</p><p>Helmeted head of Athena right.</p><p>KOMA-[NΩN] Perseus standing, holding severed head of Medusa</p><p>Ref: SNG Black Sea 1260-1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2971866, member: 82322"]Steve had a collection of the aegis/Nike coins by mint. (He had them all.) At one time I tried to get all of the mints for this related Athena/Perseus type. It turned out to be too hard -- there are some very rare coins! Here is a scarce one, from the Komana mint. NOT Amisos or Sinope. Komana isn't impossible to obtain -- there are three in acsearch.info -- but if you are waiting for a nice one it might take several lifetimes. [ATTACH=full]729237[/ATTACH] Pontos, Komana, AE27 19.2g Helmeted head of Athena right. KOMA-[NΩN] Perseus standing, holding severed head of Medusa Ref: SNG Black Sea 1260-1[/QUOTE]
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