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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2877600, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks for the excellent page of references, Warren.&nbsp; I really love Greek bronzes and think they&#039;re a great collecting area for those looking for bang on a budget.&nbsp; There&#039;s a dizzying variety of types and cities, and a wealth of numismatic and historical knowledge to discover with them.&nbsp; They can be a little daunting to get into initially, but with some of the references you list and the many web resources available, there&#039;s no reason to overlook them thinking &quot;it&#039;s all Greek to me&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was recently working through a small pile of bronzes from Asia Minor and bemoaning the fact that the HGC volume covering Mysia was not yet out.&nbsp; I&#039;m a big fan of the series and think they can&#039;t be beat as a general reference as well as a catalog.&nbsp; A few of the coins from this pile below:</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one from Lampsakos - a bit beat-up, but still quite a nice little coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]688972[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MYSIA, Lampsakos</b></p><p>AE17. 3.7g, 17mm. MYSIA, Lampsakos, circa 4th - 3rd centuries BC. BMC 51. O: Janiform female head wearing taenia and earring. R: Pegasos forepart right; trident below.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lovely AE20 from Adramyteion.&nbsp; According to Aristotle, the city was founded by and named after Adramytos, the brother of King Kroisos of Lydia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]688973[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MYSIA, Adramyteion</b></p><p>AE20. 6.0g, 19.6mm. MYSIA, Adramyteion. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 120-100 BC. BMC 7-8. O: Laureate head of Apollo left, quiver at shoulder. R: AΔPA-MY / TH-NΩN, Cornucopia flanked by pilei surmounted by stars.</p><p><br /></p><p>This large bronze of Kyzikos showing the prow of a galley on the obverse is a little more interesting for having been overstruck on an earlier issue of the city, with what&#039;s left of the undertype very apparently visible at the bottom.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]688980[/ATTACH] <b>MYSIA, Kyzikos</b></p><p>AE29, overstruck on earlier issue of Kyzikos (Kore/Tripod or Kore/Wreath). 14.43g, 29.3mm. MYSIA, Kyzikos, circa 3rd century BC. SNG France 438; SNG von Aulock 1231. O: Prow right. R: K-Y / Z-I, bucranium facing within wreath.</p><p>The same coin with the obverse rotated to better show the undertype:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]688979[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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