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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7395630, member: 84744&quot;]What a spectacular new acquisition!&nbsp; [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] will definitely approve.&nbsp; I think the double-strike on the reverse is actually very appealing, and even moreso the obverse with its mysterious veil-like atmosphere.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Zeus came up with some very – shall we say creative? – courtship ideas, but this is one of the weirdest. &quot;Hmm... what shall I do?&nbsp; Oh - <i>I</i> know!&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I love your analysis of the myth&#039;s origins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This tree is awesome!!&nbsp; Also all the other cool photos... Crete has just risen on my travel to-do list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly I have zero coins from the island. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So I will post a bull (no, not <i>that</i> one):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286741[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thurium , in Lucania (443-400 BC), AR diobol - Athena / Bull and fish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus a seemingly unrelated Byzantine coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286742[/ATTACH] </p><p>Michael II the Amorian (820-829), AE follis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why Michael II?&nbsp; Because it was in his reign that Greek/Roman Crete was taken over by the Andalusian Muslims who established the Emirate of Crete.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favourites also!&nbsp; Mary Renault is amazing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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