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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3250643, member: 56859"]Good to see a new post from you! I'm having the same problem-- a backlog of coins, never enough time to track down articles and books, and I prefer to do a certain amount of research before posting. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like your new coin. I haven't seen many staters of that type.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I could take this thread to page 10 posting coins I still need to study further <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple from Apollonia instead.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-nymphaeumdiobol-jpg.518311/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>c. 1st century BCE</p><p>AR 15 mm, 1.25 gm</p><p>Obv: AI-NEA; fires of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; dotted border</p><p>Rev: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATAN, lagobolon; dotted border</p><p>Ref: BMC 44; Maier 121</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-drachm-nymphaeum-jpg.608365/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>c. 81-60 BCE</p><p>Aibatios and Chairenos, magistrates.</p><p>AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv: AIBATIOΣ; cow standing left, suckling calf standing right below; in exergue, grain ear left</p><p>Rev: AΠOΛ / XAIPHNOΣ; fire of the Nymphaeum and lagobolon within linear frame</p><p>Ref: Maier 120; SNG Copenhagen 398; HGC 3.1, 5 (I do not own any of these references; seller's attribution)</p><p><br /></p><p>Tangentially related, this Roman Republic coin may have been struck in or around Apollonia:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>Roman Republic, the Pompeians</b></p><p><b>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus</b></p><p>Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg</p><p>Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right</p><p>Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3250643, member: 56859"]Good to see a new post from you! I'm having the same problem-- a backlog of coins, never enough time to track down articles and books, and I prefer to do a certain amount of research before posting. I like your new coin. I haven't seen many staters of that type. I could take this thread to page 10 posting coins I still need to study further :D Here are a couple from Apollonia instead. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-nymphaeumdiobol-jpg.518311/[/IMG] [B]ILLYRIA, Apollonia[/B] c. 1st century BCE AR 15 mm, 1.25 gm Obv: AI-NEA; fires of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; dotted border Rev: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATAN, lagobolon; dotted border Ref: BMC 44; Maier 121 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-drachm-nymphaeum-jpg.608365/[/IMG] [B]ILLYRIA, Apollonia[/B] c. 81-60 BCE Aibatios and Chairenos, magistrates. AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.2 gm Obv: AIBATIOΣ; cow standing left, suckling calf standing right below; in exergue, grain ear left Rev: AΠOΛ / XAIPHNOΣ; fire of the Nymphaeum and lagobolon within linear frame Ref: Maier 120; SNG Copenhagen 398; HGC 3.1, 5 (I do not own any of these references; seller's attribution) Tangentially related, this Roman Republic coin may have been struck in or around Apollonia: [I][I][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/[/IMG][/I][/I] [B]Roman Republic, the Pompeians L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus[/B] Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a[/QUOTE]
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