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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2145568, member: 56859&quot;]<b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">ERETRIA</span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]410996[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EUBOIA, Eretria</b></p><p>357-267 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of nymph Eretria left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; head of bull facing, fillets from horns, EY above, satyr&#039;s head facing in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Wallace pl. XI, cf 126. 3.08g, 18mm, 11h.</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]410999[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">EDESSA</span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_35eaacb6b5d24bb1aeac4b26805e3a66.jpg_srb_p_1000_494_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa.&nbsp; Gordian III</b></p><p>struck CE 242-244</p><p>AE25, 10.7 gm</p><p>Obv: [ AVT K M] ANT GORDIANOC CEB, laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust of Gordian III seen from behind; star before</p><p>Rev: ABGAROC BACILEUC; mantled bust of Abgar r., bearded, wearing Parthian-style tiara with rosette; star behind</p><p>Ref: BMC 144; SNG Cop 225</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]410997[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa.&nbsp; Elagabalus</b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE27, 15 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M A ANTΩNEINOC; radiate cuirassed bust left, holding shield and raising right hand.</p><p>Rev: AVP ........ EΔECCA; Tyche seated left on rock, holding corn ears; to left a column surmounted by a statue of Marsyas, river god swimming right at feet</p><p>Ref: Mionnet supplement 8, 26. Very rare. Mionnet is the only work which lists this coin with a column on the left.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/N-Mesopotamia_and_Syria.svg/2185px-N-Mesopotamia_and_Syria.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Map from Wikipedia; Edessa hard to spot on this crowded map.&nbsp; It&#039;s in the upper left quadrant.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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