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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2528316, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m not saying the cities that contributed to this post are rare and they certainly are not valuable but they are evidence that there were places making coins that were not represented on this list every day. These coins all came from the Ferericksburg show Friday.&nbsp; They ranged from $10 to $45 and I overpaid for a couple (easy to do at shows).</p><p>Understatement:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This post is dedicated to my friend zumbly.&nbsp; You are asked to post you coins from these cities. Of the seven cities, six were not previously represented in my collection.&nbsp; That does not mean a thing.&nbsp; All cities here are listed in Sear.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kentoripai, Sicily, AE 16 hexas (two dots on reverse) after 241 BC</p><p>I might have left this one if it only had a plow but there is a bird sitting on the plow.&nbsp; The Demeter head added little to me but the two denomination dots and the bird made me want it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540069[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Seuthos II, King of the Odrysai, Thrace AE16 c.324 BC eagle/wreath</p><p>This is a junker and was overpriced considering but I have never seen one like it and I like birds.&nbsp; Go ahead, make me feel bad and show me yours.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540070[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Kolophon, Ionia AE16 Apollo/horseman with lyre and KO above 320-294 BC</p><p>I thought this was just a $10 example of a common Philip II which many of you have but this is a later city coin.&nbsp; I regret that it has lost the magistrate name under the horse but we can&#039;t win them all.&nbsp; I was going to give this away as a cheap starter Greek but when I realized it was different, it got a place in the collection.&nbsp; Don&#039;t show me your Philip but show me your Kolophon riders.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540071[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Eumeneia, Phrygia AE16 before 133 BC Zeus/wreath</p><p>I liked the wreath tied at the top and the Zeus face but mostly this appealed by it being a city named for a king (Eumenes) who did not get a lot of towns like some of his peer group.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540072[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Komana, Pisidia AE15 1st century BC Zeus/lion</p><p>Cute lion</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540073[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Leontinoi, Sicily AE13 (trias?) Apollo/tripod, lyre grain kernel - Is there legend at reverse top?&nbsp; If I had it to do over I might have skipped this one but the glossy green payina looks better &#039;in hand&#039;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540074[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I, Damascus AE25 Ram</p><p>Yes, I&#039;d rather have a nicer one but he is a nice woolly sheep.&nbsp; Show me yours that makes it look baaad. Sure I have heard of Damascus but it was not in my collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540075[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ides and I differ in that he would skip these in favor of better types and better examples. </p><p><br /></p><p>Above #3 is right many more times than not but I am an addict and would rather have a dozen coins than part of one for the same price.&nbsp; I would love to have coins Ides would approve of but, more, I want more and more.&nbsp; Addicts are like that.&nbsp; At least I do have a reason for each of these coins. I left a thousand that whispered more silently at the show. </p><p><br /></p><p>#6 above is one on which we agree.&nbsp; This list has several people willing to help the rest of us grow as collectors. When I need someone to tell me where I have erred, she is my go-to expert.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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