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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7373519, member: 96898"]An informative thread with many great coins! In enjoyed your write-up, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the picture of the Poseidonia nomos was ommitted from the e-book you mentioned, here is my example of this type (it needs better photography soon):</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1284496[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Lucania, Poseidonia, AR Nomos, ca. 470–445 BC. Obv: ΠΟΣ[ΕΙ] (retrograde); Poseidon walking r., wielding trident, chlamys draped over both arms. Rev: ΠΟΣ[ΕΙ] (retrograde); bull standing l. 19.2mm, 7.83g. Ref: SNG ANS 651–653; HN Italy 1114. Ex AMCC 1, lot 4; ex Zumbly collection.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>An earlier triobol from Phokis, worn but still in archaic style:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1284498[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Phokis, Federal Coinage, triobol, ca. 490–485 BC. Obv: frontal bull's head. Rev: head of Artemis r. set diagonally in incuse square, Φ-O[-K-I] around. 13mm, 2.63g. Ref: see BCD Lokris–Phokis 189; see Williams 1972, no. 17. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>The popular Macedonian type showing the forepart (protome) of a bull. I like how the posture of the bull with its head turned back allowed the engraver to show a lot of the animal on a very small coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1284497[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Macedonia, Akanthos, AR tetrobol, ca. 430–390 BC. Obv: forepart of bull left, head right; A above. Rev: quadripartite incuse square with granulated recesses. 14.5mm, 2.38g. Ref: AMNG III/2, 34–35 var (letter on obv.); SNG ANS, 47–48. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>Just as the Larissa dracm in the OP, this hemidrachm shows a scene of Thessalian bull-leaping (taurokathapsia), a ritual sport which later on became part of the Roman circus games under Claudius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1284499[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Trikka, hemidrachm, 2nd half of 5th c. BC. Obv: Youthful hero, Thessalos, holding a band with both hands below the horns of the forepart of a bull right. Rev: T PI KAI N, forepart of horse prancing right. 16 mm, 2.86 g. Ref: BCD Thessaly 775.7 (same dies); see SNG Copenhagen 262–265; see BMC 1–9; see CNG, e-auction 129, lot 94 (identical dies). Ex BCD collection, ex Kenneth W. Dorney.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And, finally, one of my favorite Roman Republican types:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1284500[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: C. Marius C. f. Capito, AR denarius serratus, 81 BC, Rome mint. Obv: CAPIT; head of Ceres, diademed, r., control number CV; control mark (whip?) before. Rev: C. MARI. C. F. / S. C; ploughman with two oxen l.; above, control number CV. 18mm, 3.88g. Ref: RRC 378/1c. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7373519, member: 96898"]An informative thread with many great coins! In enjoyed your write-up, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] . Since the picture of the Poseidonia nomos was ommitted from the e-book you mentioned, here is my example of this type (it needs better photography soon): [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1284496[/ATTACH] Lucania, Poseidonia, AR Nomos, ca. 470–445 BC. Obv: ΠΟΣ[ΕΙ] (retrograde); Poseidon walking r., wielding trident, chlamys draped over both arms. Rev: ΠΟΣ[ΕΙ] (retrograde); bull standing l. 19.2mm, 7.83g. Ref: SNG ANS 651–653; HN Italy 1114. Ex AMCC 1, lot 4; ex Zumbly collection.[/SIZE] An earlier triobol from Phokis, worn but still in archaic style: [ATTACH=full]1284498[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Phokis, Federal Coinage, triobol, ca. 490–485 BC. Obv: frontal bull's head. Rev: head of Artemis r. set diagonally in incuse square, Φ-O[-K-I] around. 13mm, 2.63g. Ref: see BCD Lokris–Phokis 189; see Williams 1972, no. 17. [/SIZE] The popular Macedonian type showing the forepart (protome) of a bull. I like how the posture of the bull with its head turned back allowed the engraver to show a lot of the animal on a very small coin: [ATTACH=full]1284497[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Macedonia, Akanthos, AR tetrobol, ca. 430–390 BC. Obv: forepart of bull left, head right; A above. Rev: quadripartite incuse square with granulated recesses. 14.5mm, 2.38g. Ref: AMNG III/2, 34–35 var (letter on obv.); SNG ANS, 47–48. [/SIZE] Just as the Larissa dracm in the OP, this hemidrachm shows a scene of Thessalian bull-leaping (taurokathapsia), a ritual sport which later on became part of the Roman circus games under Claudius: [ATTACH=full]1284499[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Thessaly, Trikka, hemidrachm, 2nd half of 5th c. BC. Obv: Youthful hero, Thessalos, holding a band with both hands below the horns of the forepart of a bull right. Rev: T PI KAI N, forepart of horse prancing right. 16 mm, 2.86 g. Ref: BCD Thessaly 775.7 (same dies); see SNG Copenhagen 262–265; see BMC 1–9; see CNG, e-auction 129, lot 94 (identical dies). Ex BCD collection, ex Kenneth W. Dorney.[/SIZE] And, finally, one of my favorite Roman Republican types: [ATTACH=full]1284500[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, moneyer: C. Marius C. f. Capito, AR denarius serratus, 81 BC, Rome mint. Obv: CAPIT; head of Ceres, diademed, r., control number CV; control mark (whip?) before. Rev: C. MARI. C. F. / S. C; ploughman with two oxen l.; above, control number CV. 18mm, 3.88g. Ref: RRC 378/1c. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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