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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4669683, member: 96635"]Great coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] and I always like your comments that come with them in your post <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are my two favorite Athena coins</p><p><b><img src="https://i.imgur.com/pq0UMfc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><b>Syracuse, Sicily - Pyrrhos AR Oktobol (278–276 B.C.). 'Old collection toning'.</b></b></p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b> </b>Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain leaves and pendant earrings; poppy seed behind.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΥΡΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing spear with her right hand and holding shield aloft in her left.</p><p>5.20g; 20mm</p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://i.imgur.com/EK0C7q0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><b>Alexander II Zabinas (<b>128 B.C. - 122 B.C.)</b> AR Drachm.</b></b></p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b></b> Diademed head of Zabinas right</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena standing left, resting hand on shield, spear propped in left elbow, extending right hand beyond legend and holding Nike left, in left field Δ, monogram above<b>.</b></p><p>4.12g; 16mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4669683, member: 96635"]Great coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] and I always like your comments that come with them in your post :D These are my two favorite Athena coins [B][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/pq0UMfc.jpg[/IMG] [B]Syracuse, Sicily - Pyrrhos AR Oktobol (278–276 B.C.). 'Old collection toning'. Obverse:[/B] [/B]Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain leaves and pendant earrings; poppy seed behind. [B][B]Reverse:[/B] [/B]ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΥΡΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing spear with her right hand and holding shield aloft in her left. 5.20g; 20mm [B][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/EK0C7q0.jpg[/IMG][/B] [B][B]Alexander II Zabinas ([B]128 B.C. - 122 B.C.)[/B] AR Drachm. Obverse:[/B][/B] Diademed head of Zabinas right [B][B]Reverse:[/B] [/B]BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena standing left, resting hand on shield, spear propped in left elbow, extending right hand beyond legend and holding Nike left, in left field Δ, monogram above[B].[/B] 4.12g; 16mm[/QUOTE]
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