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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2409845, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/7rj2ZgttvgomY/giphy.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>WooHOO!&nbsp; Congratulations on this fine score, Noob!&nbsp; It&#039;s gorgeous <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add the requested tet.&nbsp; I was so excited to see the post that I wrote a congrats before reading your excellent writeup <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_1702%2Ch_1064%2Cq_90%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg&amp;hash=f8e0bac7cb88cdd597dbd0e943b505af" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)</b></p><p>struck 310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637</p><p>The story of its acquisition is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited again to post the Reese&#039;s Peanut Butter Cup <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_6d55f90db02845a1b703055c500baeee.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1020%2Ch_503%2Cal_c%2Clg_1%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_6d55f90db02845a1b703055c500baeee.jpg&amp;hash=3d4ab3cd50b7c7c5c49a83b3ffb82270" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ZEUGITANA, Carthage</b></p><p><b>early 2nd century BCE</b></p><p>AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm</p><p>Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left</p><p>Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei above</p><p>Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l&#039;Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L&#039;Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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