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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2150184, member: 57495&quot;]This thread seems to be giving me ample opportunity to demonstrate that I&#039;m not the most aesthetics-oriented collector out there.&nbsp; Not that there should be any confusion over the matter to begin with <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>I call this coin the Hobo from <b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">Hamaxitos</span></font></b>...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]412541[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b>TROAS, Hamaxitos</b></p><p>Circa 350 - 310 BC</p><p>AE11</p><p>1.39g, 11mm</p><p>SNG Cop 344</p><p>O: Laureate head of Apollo left.</p><p>R: Lyre; ΑΜΑ−ΞΙ on either side. </p><p><b>Notes: </b> <i>Callinus, a 7th century BC poet from Ephesos, relates that Hamaxitos was founded by a group of Cretans who were instructed by an oracle to settle down where they would be set upon by the &#039;earth-born&#039;.&nbsp; Accordingly, they did so at a spot where a huge horde of field mice attacked them and ate up all their leather equipment.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure how anybody decided that building a town in a rodent-infested area was a good idea, but consequently, their cult of Apollo Smintheus (Apollo the Mouse Slayer) became one of the most well-known and enduring in the region.&nbsp; </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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