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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7822568, member: 99456"][USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], an excellent thread with many nice coins, congratulations on yours with a reverse that is particularly attractive. As noted by others I am surprised by the number of wrestling moves illustrated on these coins. The "wrist grab" seems to be the most common in the thread so far. [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]'s coin seems to illustrate very elegantly the "body hold"/"foot trip" combo move, and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]'s shows something that looks like a "gut punch" (was that allowed in competition?).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1344275[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Detail of a picture of a map of the region that is now Turkey from the 15th Century, image shared under <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CC-BY-SA-2.5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CC-BY-SA-2.5" rel="nofollow">CC-BY-SA-2.5</a> via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15th_century_map_of_Turkey_region.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15th_century_map_of_Turkey_region.jpg" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a coin from ΣΕΛΓΕ, Pisidia, imitating neighboring Pamphylia and demonstrating the "wrist grab".</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1344213[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Pisidia, Selge</b>, circa 325-250 BC, AR Stater (24mm, 7.60g, 12h)</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Two wrestlers grappling; K between</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, slinger in throwing stance right; to right, counter-clockwise triskeles above club facing downward</p><p><b>Notes:</b> <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85162694/f2.double.r=pisidia%20pisidia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85162694/f2.double.r=pisidia%20pisidia" rel="nofollow">BnF Coin</a>, <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=pisidia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=pisidia" rel="nofollow">NumisWiki Pisidia</a>, Tekin "<a href="https://www.persee.fr/doc/anatv_1013-9559_2000_act_12_1_956" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.persee.fr/doc/anatv_1013-9559_2000_act_12_1_956" rel="nofollow">Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach</a>"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7822568, member: 99456"][USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], an excellent thread with many nice coins, congratulations on yours with a reverse that is particularly attractive. As noted by others I am surprised by the number of wrestling moves illustrated on these coins. The "wrist grab" seems to be the most common in the thread so far. [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]'s coin seems to illustrate very elegantly the "body hold"/"foot trip" combo move, and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]'s shows something that looks like a "gut punch" (was that allowed in competition?). [ATTACH=full]1344275[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Detail of a picture of a map of the region that is now Turkey from the 15th Century, image shared under [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CC-BY-SA-2.5']CC-BY-SA-2.5[/URL] via [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15th_century_map_of_Turkey_region.jpg']Wikimedia Commons[/URL].[/SIZE] Here's a coin from ΣΕΛΓΕ, Pisidia, imitating neighboring Pamphylia and demonstrating the "wrist grab". [ATTACH=full]1344213[/ATTACH] [B]Pisidia, Selge[/B], circa 325-250 BC, AR Stater (24mm, 7.60g, 12h) [B]Obv: [/B]Two wrestlers grappling; K between [B]Rev:[/B] ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, slinger in throwing stance right; to right, counter-clockwise triskeles above club facing downward [B]Notes:[/B] [URL='https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85162694/f2.double.r=pisidia%20pisidia']BnF Coin[/URL], [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=pisidia']NumisWiki Pisidia[/URL], Tekin "[URL='https://www.persee.fr/doc/anatv_1013-9559_2000_act_12_1_956']Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach[/URL]"[/QUOTE]
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