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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3859068, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you all for you assistance and comments - I am quite excited about my first chimaera.&nbsp; Way to go TIF for spotting a goat&#039;s head sprouting off the back of a lion - they can never accuse ancient coin collectors of lacking vivid imaginations! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a somewhat better (?) photo and my best effort at attribution (there are several types like this, with the condition of mine making it hard to nail down entirely, since the inscription is worn off entirely):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021437[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Leukas, Akarnania Æ 16</b></p><p><b>(c. 350-330 B.C.)</b></p><p>Bellerophon on Pegasos flying right / [ΛEYKA?], chimaera right in the style of Homer (head of lion, goat&#039;s head rising from middle of back, snake for tail);</p><p>(no trident below).</p><p>cf. BCD Akarnania 243; SNG Copenhagen 307.</p><p>(3.87 grams / 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>It came in an undescribed lot off eBay - that&#039;s a Kyme forepart of a horse/cup and a Philip II Apollo/horse &amp; boy from Macedon with it - seller&#039;s photos.&nbsp; It was a gamble bid - I win some I lose some: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021443[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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