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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2807766, member: 15445&quot;]River God <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Achelous</span></b>?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]656225[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><b>SICILY, Gela</b></font></p><p><b><font size="4">AR Tetradrachm </font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">480 - 475 B.C.</font></b></p><p><font size="4">17.18 gms, 25-26 mm</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> Charioteer driving walking biga</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; right, Nike flying above, crowning</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; horses.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b> Forepart of man-headed bull right. </font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; C-E-Λ-AΣ&nbsp; (C mostly off flan) </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Grade:</b> Good Very Fine overall with</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; claim to a higher grade bar an old</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; reverse scratch and obverse radial</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; flow marks possibly due to a</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; slightly deteriorated die.&nbsp; Near EF.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Other:</b> Jenkins 139 similar to the BodeMuseum example.&nbsp; Ex David Murray of Tyche Numismatics from AncientNoob August 2016.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">We&#039;ve done two days on &quot;A&quot;.&nbsp; This makes it time for &quot;B&quot; right?</span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><span style="color: #000000">Alphabetically, I suspect the first B might be Ba&#039;al or Baal.</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <span style="color: #000000">Here are a couple with Ba&#039;al seated:</span></span></span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Ba&#039;al:</span></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]656191[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><font size="4">CILICIA, Tarsos</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">AR Stater</font></b></p><p><font size="4"><b>379 – 374 B.C.</b></font></p><p><font size="4">9.86 gms, 22 mm</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> Baal of Tarsos enthroned L holding</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; scepter with Aramaic Legend to right</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b> Helmeted head Left with Aramaic</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; legend to left &amp; right </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Grade:</b> good VF or better with attractive</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; light toning on original rough</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; surfaces. Good centering and strike.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Ba&#039;al:</span></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]656192[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><font size="4">BABALONIA, Babylon</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">AR Stater (or Dishekel) </font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">328-321 B.C. </font></b></p><p><font size="4">16.08 grams, 22 mm x 5.5 mm thick </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> Ba’al seated left holding scepter</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b> Lion walking left, control mark </font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; Г above.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Grade:</b> good Fine to a Very Fine</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; nicely toned &amp; centered.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Other:</b>Good silver 5.5 mm thick.&nbsp; Anonymous mintage of Eastern Alexandrine empire under the successors of Mazaeus (Stamenes 328-323 B.C., Archon 323-321 B.C.) See BMC.34, BMC.184/36. Babylonian stater coin sometimes called a tetradrachm according to the Attic standard due to its 16 gram weight.&nbsp; Ex Pegasi auction #19 lot 181 November 18, 2008.&nbsp; From private sale January 11, 2014.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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