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<p>[QUOTE="ValiantKnight, post: 6518714, member: 44210"]I was going to go with [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] because of a recent previous post of his saying:</p><p><br /></p><p>“I guess I might mention that I am proud of my Sicilian heritage”</p><p><br /></p><p>Buuut I also then did some more research and learned he “[doesn’t] collect archaic or classical Greek”, so I highly doubt Parthicus has a Syracuse subcollection. So that only just leaves [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] left. But more research is not showing me much in the way of Syracuse or even Sicily from Curtisimo, much less any mention of having a Syracuse subcollection. Which leads me to think that perhaps I should guessed Curtisimo for Round #2 and guessed [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] for this round <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (so I will have guess Curtisimo on this one).</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe my understanding of who owns what has improved:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1260743[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But I realize now my performance in this contest hasn’t been as good as I had thought:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1260747[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hieron II, Kingdom of Syracuse</b></p><p>Æ27</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Laureate head of Hieron II left.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: ΙΕΡΟΝΩΣ; Horseman galloping right, holding spear; below horse, Φ.</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Syracuse</p><p><b>Date</b>: 274-216 BC</p><p><b>Ref</b>: HGC 2, 1547; CNS II 193</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hieron_horseman_6-jpg.617464/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another Syracusan coin but from about 1000 years later:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Constantine IV</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AE follis</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Helemeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Large M, Heraclius standing on left holding cross on globe , Tiberius standing on right holding cross on globe, monogram above</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Syracuse</p><p><b>Date</b>: 668-685 AD</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 1207</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constiv-jpg.951125/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValiantKnight, post: 6518714, member: 44210"]I was going to go with [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] because of a recent previous post of his saying: “I guess I might mention that I am proud of my Sicilian heritage” Buuut I also then did some more research and learned he “[doesn’t] collect archaic or classical Greek”, so I highly doubt Parthicus has a Syracuse subcollection. So that only just leaves [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] left. But more research is not showing me much in the way of Syracuse or even Sicily from Curtisimo, much less any mention of having a Syracuse subcollection. Which leads me to think that perhaps I should guessed Curtisimo for Round #2 and guessed [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] for this round :banghead: (so I will have guess Curtisimo on this one). I believe my understanding of who owns what has improved: [ATTACH=full]1260743[/ATTACH] But I realize now my performance in this contest hasn’t been as good as I had thought: [ATTACH=full]1260747[/ATTACH] [B]Hieron II, Kingdom of Syracuse[/B] Æ27 [B]Obv[/B]: Laureate head of Hieron II left. [B]Rev[/B]: ΙΕΡΟΝΩΣ; Horseman galloping right, holding spear; below horse, Φ. [B]Mint[/B]: Syracuse [B]Date[/B]: 274-216 BC [B]Ref[/B]: HGC 2, 1547; CNS II 193 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hieron_horseman_6-jpg.617464/[/IMG] And another Syracusan coin but from about 1000 years later: [B][U]Constantine IV[/U], Byzantine Empire[/B] AE follis [B]Obv[/B]: Helemeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe [B]Rev[/B]: Large M, Heraclius standing on left holding cross on globe , Tiberius standing on right holding cross on globe, monogram above [B]Mint[/B]: Syracuse [B]Date[/B]: 668-685 AD [B]Ref[/B]: SB 1207 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constiv-jpg.951125/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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