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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6412804, member: 26430"][USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] -- Worn obverse & reverse dies (there's a die crack above Athena's nose guard that, based on earlier examples from the same die, appears to have possibly been re-engraved into a tiny dolphin symbol!). Also weakly struck, but worn dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Epirus, Ambrakia AR Stater. Ca. mid-4th cent BCE. AR Stater (8.42 gm; 20 mm). Ex-VAuctions 353, 31 (Corr., listed as Akarnania, Anaktorion (?)).</p><p><br /></p><p>Unpublished type, though this reverse die has been paired with a Pegasos flying left, Ravel 169 (A75 [obv type] / P110 [rev type]). This obverse may be Ravel obv type A52, possibly A58, but this obv. die not found in Ravel’s study nor anywhere else besides an example formerly listed in Pars VCoins shop, misidentified as Ravel 169 (noted as "not available").</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253933[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>NEXT: Obverse and reverse images facing each other (around the edge) or forming a single scene.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6412804, member: 26430"][USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] -- Worn obverse & reverse dies (there's a die crack above Athena's nose guard that, based on earlier examples from the same die, appears to have possibly been re-engraved into a tiny dolphin symbol!). Also weakly struck, but worn dies. Epirus, Ambrakia AR Stater. Ca. mid-4th cent BCE. AR Stater (8.42 gm; 20 mm). Ex-VAuctions 353, 31 (Corr., listed as Akarnania, Anaktorion (?)). Unpublished type, though this reverse die has been paired with a Pegasos flying left, Ravel 169 (A75 [obv type] / P110 [rev type]). This obverse may be Ravel obv type A52, possibly A58, but this obv. die not found in Ravel’s study nor anywhere else besides an example formerly listed in Pars VCoins shop, misidentified as Ravel 169 (noted as "not available"). [ATTACH=full]1253933[/ATTACH] NEXT: Obverse and reverse images facing each other (around the edge) or forming a single scene.[/QUOTE]
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