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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5477925, member: 57495"]That's a great coin! It reminds me of my favorite stater of Tarentum, with the detailed facial features of the rider and the ticked off look on the dolphin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238758[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice! I hope to get one of those with the pine tree some day, and yes, Corinth had some interesting provincial types, albeit often in pretty rough shape. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238759[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>NERO</b></p><p>AE20. 6.96g, 20.1mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa AD 57-58 or AD 58-59. Ti. Claudius Optatus and C. Julius Polyaenus, duoviri. BCD Corinth 454; RPC 1201. O: NERO CLAV CAES AVG, bare head right. R: TI CLAVDIO OPTATO / COR, Bellerophon advancing left, holding shield and seizing by bridle Pegasos standing left.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238760[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>DOMITIAN</b></p><p>AE22. 7.85g, 22mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa AD 81-96. BCD Corinth 533 (<i>this coin</i>) = RPC 128/1 (<i>this coin illustrated, erroneously shown as 127 on Plate 6</i>). O: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM, radiate head right. R: COL IVL AVG COR, Chimera advancing right.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection, ex Lanz sale 105, 2001, lot 533 </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5477925, member: 57495"]That's a great coin! It reminds me of my favorite stater of Tarentum, with the detailed facial features of the rider and the ticked off look on the dolphin. :D [ATTACH=full]1238758[/ATTACH] Nice! I hope to get one of those with the pine tree some day, and yes, Corinth had some interesting provincial types, albeit often in pretty rough shape. [ATTACH=full]1238759[/ATTACH] [B]NERO[/B] AE20. 6.96g, 20.1mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa AD 57-58 or AD 58-59. Ti. Claudius Optatus and C. Julius Polyaenus, duoviri. BCD Corinth 454; RPC 1201. O: NERO CLAV CAES AVG, bare head right. R: TI CLAVDIO OPTATO / COR, Bellerophon advancing left, holding shield and seizing by bridle Pegasos standing left. [ATTACH=full]1238760[/ATTACH] [B]DOMITIAN[/B] AE22. 7.85g, 22mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa AD 81-96. BCD Corinth 533 ([I]this coin[/I]) = RPC 128/1 ([I]this coin illustrated, erroneously shown as 127 on Plate 6[/I]). O: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM, radiate head right. R: COL IVL AVG COR, Chimera advancing right. [I]Ex BCD Collection, ex Lanz sale 105, 2001, lot 533 [/I][/QUOTE]
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