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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 7408288, member: 83845&quot;]Nice coins [USER=86398]@gogili1977[/USER] !&nbsp; I really like the big Viminicium bull and lion coins and yours is extra nice.&nbsp; As often as we see the lion biting the bull on the rear-end on coins I can’t help but feel like Moesia is really acting as referee on these coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the kind words Al!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the kind words John! I also think the design is really neat. In fact, something I didn’t know before I started researching this coin is that the mints in Crete were almost completely unique in showing full figures within natural scenes like this. This seems to have been an influence from earlier Minoan art. On the gold ring I showed in the OP it is amazing how much detail was shown on a surface no larger than a Greek tetradrachm. The Minoans certainly had all the technical skills needed to create coins... if only!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you again John <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I always enjoy sharing some of my own photos from trips when it is relevant to a coin type or topic. You all are much more interested than my family and friends. By the third photo of ruins people will usually try to change the subject to what the food was like <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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