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<p>[QUOTE="Theodosius, post: 3878066, member: 77077"]I always enjoy seeing your Chinese knives and spades although I know nothing about them other than what people have posted here.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is a great Chalkis example with super nice toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a pair of well travelled examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024490[/ATTACH]</p><p>Euboea, Chalkis</p><p>AR Drachm, 338-308 BC, 17mm, 3.61g.</p><p>Obverse: Head of nymph right.</p><p>Reverse: X-AΛ, eagle flying right, carrying snake in talons and beak; to right, monogram.</p><p>References: BCD Euboia 140.</p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024491[/ATTACH]</p><p>Euboea, Chalkis</p><p>Drachm, c. 338-308 BC, 3.72g</p><p>Obverse: Head of nymph of Chalkis with hair rolled-up, all-in-one ear pendant and necklace left.</p><p>Reverse: X - AL. Eagle with outspread left, holding a snake in its beak, which winds around the body of the eagle; flower in the bottom left.</p><p>References: Picard issue 2?</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Theodosius, post: 3878066, member: 77077"]I always enjoy seeing your Chinese knives and spades although I know nothing about them other than what people have posted here. That is a great Chalkis example with super nice toning. I have a pair of well travelled examples: [ATTACH=full]1024490[/ATTACH] Euboea, Chalkis AR Drachm, 338-308 BC, 17mm, 3.61g. Obverse: Head of nymph right. Reverse: X-AΛ, eagle flying right, carrying snake in talons and beak; to right, monogram. References: BCD Euboia 140. and [ATTACH=full]1024491[/ATTACH] Euboea, Chalkis Drachm, c. 338-308 BC, 3.72g Obverse: Head of nymph of Chalkis with hair rolled-up, all-in-one ear pendant and necklace left. Reverse: X - AL. Eagle with outspread left, holding a snake in its beak, which winds around the body of the eagle; flower in the bottom left. References: Picard issue 2? John[/QUOTE]
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