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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4614362, member: 96898"]That's a fine new acqisition. I like the colorful toning and the exceptionally clear eagle detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no coins of Argos in my collection, but I've got a small pack of wolves:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142827[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Lycaonia, Laranda, AR obol, 324–323 BC. Obv: Baal Tars seated on throne n.l., holding grain ears and grapes in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand. Rev: forepart of wolf r., in field l., ⌒. 10mm, 0.59g. Göktürk: Small Coins from Cilicia (2000), no. 82 ff.; SNG Levante 223 (for Cilicia); SNG France 443 (for Cilicia).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1142830[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: Sex. Pompeius Fostlus, AR denarius, 137 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Roma, helmeted, r.; behind, jug; before, X. Rev: SEX·PO[M FOSTVLVS]; she-wolf suckling twins r.; behind, ficus Ruminalis with birds; in l. field, the shepherd Faustulus leaning on staff; in exergue, [RO]MA. 18mm, 3.87g. Rev: RRC 235/1c.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1142829[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">City Commemorative under Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 330–337 AD, Thessalonica mint. Obv: VRBS ROMA; bust of Roma, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, l. Rev: She-wolf, standing l., suckling twins; above, two stars; in exergue, SMTS∈. 18mm, 2.25g. Ref: RIC VII Thessalonica 187/229.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1142831[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Prince-Bishopric of Passau, under Otto von Lonsdorf or his successors, AR “ewiger Pfennig,” 1254–1451 AD. Obv: wolf l., crozier behind. Rev: griffon with shield l. (weakly struck as usual). 16mm, 0.56g. Kellner 36.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4614362, member: 96898"]That's a fine new acqisition. I like the colorful toning and the exceptionally clear eagle detail. There are no coins of Argos in my collection, but I've got a small pack of wolves: [ATTACH=full]1142827[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Lycaonia, Laranda, AR obol, 324–323 BC. Obv: Baal Tars seated on throne n.l., holding grain ears and grapes in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand. Rev: forepart of wolf r., in field l., ⌒. 10mm, 0.59g. Göktürk: Small Coins from Cilicia (2000), no. 82 ff.; SNG Levante 223 (for Cilicia); SNG France 443 (for Cilicia). [ATTACH=full]1142830[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, moneyer: Sex. Pompeius Fostlus, AR denarius, 137 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Roma, helmeted, r.; behind, jug; before, X. Rev: SEX·PO[M FOSTVLVS]; she-wolf suckling twins r.; behind, ficus Ruminalis with birds; in l. field, the shepherd Faustulus leaning on staff; in exergue, [RO]MA. 18mm, 3.87g. Rev: RRC 235/1c. [ATTACH=full]1142829[/ATTACH] City Commemorative under Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 330–337 AD, Thessalonica mint. Obv: VRBS ROMA; bust of Roma, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, l. Rev: She-wolf, standing l., suckling twins; above, two stars; in exergue, SMTS∈. 18mm, 2.25g. Ref: RIC VII Thessalonica 187/229. [ATTACH=full]1142831[/ATTACH] Prince-Bishopric of Passau, under Otto von Lonsdorf or his successors, AR “ewiger Pfennig,” 1254–1451 AD. Obv: wolf l., crozier behind. Rev: griffon with shield l. (weakly struck as usual). 16mm, 0.56g. Kellner 36.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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