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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4613149, member: 57495"]Love the toning on your new coin, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]. I don't have one of them to show, but I do have a bronze from that city that I like.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142545[/ATTACH]<b>ARGOLIS, Argos</b></p><p>AE Dichalkon. 3.51g, 17.2mm, ARGOLIS, Argos, circa late 3rd - early 2nd century BC. SNG Cop 67; BCD Peloponnesos 1128. O: Laureate head of Apollo to left. R: Wolf standing at bay to left; above, A.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection; ex Joseph J. Copeland Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Here's Apollo the Wolf-God dancing with his wolves on a provincial bronze of Tarsus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142546[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA</b></p><p>AE29. 13.29g, 29.4mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1368. O: ΑΝΝΙΑΝ (sic) ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: Τ - ΑΡϹΟV ΜΗ – ΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α /Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Cult statue of Apollo Lykeios standing left on omphalos, head right, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand. Notes: The empress's name misspelled ANNIAN on this obverse die, but eventually corrected to EPENNIAN as other examples struck from the same die show.</p><p><i>Ex Bill Behnen Collection (purchased from Fred Shore, 30 Oct 1989)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>And since it was mentioned, I'll take the opportunity to show a coin from another Argos, the Amphilochian Argos, which was supposedly founded by colonists from the original Argos. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142547[/ATTACH]<b>AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon</b></p><p>AR Stater. 7.15g, 21.1mm. AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon, circa 360-330 BC. Calciati pg. 524, 6 (same dies); HGC 4, 781 (R2). O: Pegasos with pointed wing flying right, beneath dog lying right, AP. R: Head of Athena left; AM above helmet; behind, tubula and A.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4613149, member: 57495"]Love the toning on your new coin, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]. I don't have one of them to show, but I do have a bronze from that city that I like. [ATTACH=full]1142545[/ATTACH][B]ARGOLIS, Argos[/B] AE Dichalkon. 3.51g, 17.2mm, ARGOLIS, Argos, circa late 3rd - early 2nd century BC. SNG Cop 67; BCD Peloponnesos 1128. O: Laureate head of Apollo to left. R: Wolf standing at bay to left; above, A. [I]Ex BCD Collection; ex Joseph J. Copeland Collection [/I] Here's Apollo the Wolf-God dancing with his wolves on a provincial bronze of Tarsus. [ATTACH=full]1142546[/ATTACH] [B]HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA[/B] AE29. 13.29g, 29.4mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1368. O: ΑΝΝΙΑΝ (sic) ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: Τ - ΑΡϹΟV ΜΗ – ΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α /Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Cult statue of Apollo Lykeios standing left on omphalos, head right, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand. Notes: The empress's name misspelled ANNIAN on this obverse die, but eventually corrected to EPENNIAN as other examples struck from the same die show. [I]Ex Bill Behnen Collection (purchased from Fred Shore, 30 Oct 1989) [/I] And since it was mentioned, I'll take the opportunity to show a coin from another Argos, the Amphilochian Argos, which was supposedly founded by colonists from the original Argos. [ATTACH=full]1142547[/ATTACH][B]AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon[/B] AR Stater. 7.15g, 21.1mm. AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon, circa 360-330 BC. Calciati pg. 524, 6 (same dies); HGC 4, 781 (R2). O: Pegasos with pointed wing flying right, beneath dog lying right, AP. R: Head of Athena left; AM above helmet; behind, tubula and A.[/QUOTE]
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