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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7813185, member: 87809&quot;]Great thread and coins! An awesome Series 1 example [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER].&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]: That wrestler statue is so beautiful, thanks for sharing.</p><p><br /></p><p>My two wrestlers, already shared a while ago in another thread. The first one, struck on an oval planchet<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aspendos, Pamphylia, ca 400 - 380/75 BC, late 3rd or early 4th Series</p><p>18 x 26 mm, 10.848 g</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG Copenhagen 205; SNG BN 74; SNG von Aulock 4518; Tekin 3rd Series, Planche XXVII, 6; SNG France 3, 104</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: two naked wrestlers within dotted circle; the figure on the left grasping his opponent’s arms, their heads pressed together as they strain against each other</p><p>Reverse: EΣTFEΔIIYΣ, slinger standing right, about to discharge his sling; triskelion in right field, below sling bullet (or grain?), all within dotted square</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1342624[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1342625[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this one stuck on a &quot;normal&quot; planchet, a late example and likely among the last of the wrestler and slinger staters:</p><p><br /></p><p>Aspendos, Pamphylia 4th century, struck ca 330/325 - 310/300 BC, 5th Series</p><p>The letter “O” only appears in the 5th Series</p><p><br /></p><p>23 mm, 10.248 g</p><p>SNG von Aulock 4575; SNG Copenhagen 240; Tekin 5th Series, Planche XXVIII, 15; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Monogram E between the wrestlers.</p><p>Rev.: EΣTFEΔIIYΣ slinger standing right, about to discharge his sling, triskelion in right field, O between legs; within dotted circle</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1342630[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1342631[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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