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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1921971, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">I absolutely love your two new lil' Greeks (they're awesome)</font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">I have two examples that you might find kinda interesting?</font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">The 1st is a lil' 10mm example from Cilicia, around the same time as your example:</font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>CILICIA, Uncertain, AR Obol</b></span></font></span></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">4th century BC</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 10 mm</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 0.60 grams</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Youthful male head (Triptolemos?) left, wearing grain wreath</span></font></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Eagle left on lion's back, all within dotted square border</span></font></span></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]330216[/ATTACH]</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4">The 2nd example is from Thessaly, which also shows Herakles and a lion with a spear in its mouth:</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>THESSALY, Oitaioi. AR Hemidrachm</b></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Circa 360-344 BC</span></font></span></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 16 mm</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 2.83 grams</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Head of lion left, spear in jaws</span></font></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Herakles standing facing, holding club</span></font></span></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]330217[/ATTACH]</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=> apparently Herakles and a Lion with a spear in its mouth was the "in thing" during the 4th century BC?</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1921971, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4]I absolutely love your two new lil' Greeks (they're awesome)[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4]I have two examples that you might find kinda interesting?[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4]The 1st is a lil' 10mm example from Cilicia, around the same time as your example:[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][B]CILICIA, Uncertain, AR Obol[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]4th century BC Diameter: 10 mm Weight: 0.60 grams Obverse: Youthful male head (Triptolemos?) left, wearing grain wreath[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Reverse: Eagle left on lion's back, all within dotted square border[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][ATTACH=full]330216[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4]The 2nd example is from Thessaly, which also shows Herakles and a lion with a spear in its mouth: [COLOR=#ff0000][B]THESSALY, Oitaioi. AR Hemidrachm[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Circa 360-344 BC[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 16 mm Weight: 2.83 grams Obverse: Head of lion left, spear in jaws[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Reverse: Herakles standing facing, holding club[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][ATTACH=full]330217[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]=> apparently Herakles and a Lion with a spear in its mouth was the "in thing" during the 4th century BC?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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