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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 8570441, member: 116882&quot;]Great thread and examples.</p><p>Now a little different &quot;portrait.&quot;</p><p><img src="https://image-cdn.sixbid.com/v7/lots/roma-numismatics-ltd/the-italo-vecchi-collection-9917/spain-arse-saguntum-ar-drachm-circa-8526457.jpg?p=lot_o" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Not my coin - image from Roma, e-live 5, lot 2, 09/25/2022, Italo Vecci collection.</p><p><a href="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/12100.42.144_1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/12100.42.144_1.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/12100.42.144_1.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Iberia, Arse-Saguntum </p><p>AR drachm, 195-130 BC, 2.56g, 17mm, 12h</p><p>O: Laureate male head to right; club over left shoulder, dolphin downwards to right</p><p>R:&nbsp; Bearded human-faced bull standing to right; ARSKITAR (in Iberian script) above, flower between legs, crescent to right. </p><p>ACIP 1963 (R5); CNH 17</p><p><br /></p><p>Couldn&#039;t keep from laughing when I first saw this coin! Just the right amount of wear and toning to create such a surprised expression for the man-faced bull&#039;s face.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did he just step in something squishy, get tail stepped on, saw his reflection for the first time, have someone try to &quot;milk&quot; him or something else?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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