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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2158197, member: 56859&quot;]Another spectacular coin, AncientNut!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">PAUTALIA</span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b253f019eb874641b1f598c2e54655ec.jpg_srb_p_850_426_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla</b></p><p>CE 198-217</p><p>AE29, 16.4 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Asklepios seated right on back of winged serpent</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Varbanov 5007</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">PERGAMON</span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f36443d72f2645e8a8a5353c7749974c.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Pergamon</b></p><p>76 BCE</p><p>12.4 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; bow-case with serpents; snake-entwined staff to the right; monogram left; AΠ above; monogram &amp; star above </p><p>Ref:&nbsp;&nbsp; Kleiner, Pergamum 25; Pinder 122</p><p><i>From a large and mostly undescribed mixed lot, Stacks Bowers, November 2013. I&#039;d like a higher grade example but the toning on this one is lovely so it&#039;s a keeper; not bad for $15.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">PHLIUS</span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9b3ae5131e4f483f88643971d2e3ccc3.jpg_srb_p_800_421_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHLIASIA (PELOPONNESOS), Phlius</b></p><p>400-350 BCE</p><p>AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of butting bull left</p><p>Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9</p><p><i>from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013</i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i>Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby&#039;s, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">PITANE</span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8fd3023bfd1c4e7ba87e0f4aeae32178.jpg_srb_p_1000_505_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Pitane</b></p><p>AE, 4th-3rd c. BCE</p><p>9 mm, 0.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right.</p><p>Rev: ΠΙΤΑ; Pentagram, branch in centre.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; BMC 5-10 var. (pellet in centre).</p><p><i>My 2112 coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Somewhere I still have this t-shirt.</i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><img src="http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.12371912.6101/figtn,220x294,black,mens,ffffff.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">PSOPHIS</span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ed2face81318491a8dbbdd9775c2b91c.jpg_srb_p_1000_521_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ARKADIA, Psophis</b></p><p>450-30 BCE</p><p>AR obol, 10 mm, 0.69 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of Kerynitian hind right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; fish right, O above, archaic psi below, all within circle incuse</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; BCD Peloponnesos 1680 (same dies).&nbsp; Rare.</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection</i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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