I got a small shield and a tiny horse

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  1. H8_modern

    H8_modern Attracted to small round-ish art

    Finally my Agora and Frank Robinson wins today. I knew the Thessaly was small but it’s really tiny and detailed.
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    Diobol, Nymph head 3/4 left/horse r; VF, toned, nice strong head of fine style.

    Ex BCD with his handwritten tag & photos.

    THEBES, Hemidrachm, 446-426 BC, Boeotian shield/ Kantharos, club above,

    S-2385 (£80); VF/F-VF, obv sl off-ctr but complete, medium tone.


    Then I got the Trajan provincial out and thought it would look interesting next to a quarter.

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    Bithynia, Uncertain. Trajan. A.D. 98-117. AE 22 (22.80 mm, 6.53 g, 6 h). Laureate head of Trajan right / Eagle on globe. RPC 1152.

    Ex Frank Kovacs.


    Please add any comparison pics or similar coins.
     
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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    You won some fine looking coins @H8_modern
    Larissa Thessaly 2.jpg
    THESSALY, LARISSA
    AR Trihemiobol
    OBVERSE: Head of nymph Larissa three-quarter facing left in necklace, hair confined by fillet & floating loosely, with ampyx in front
    REVERSE: ΛAPI (Laris) above, horse feeding right.
    Struck at Larissa 395-344 BC
    .75g, 10mm
    SNG Cop 135
    BOEOTIA.jpg
    BOEOTIA FEDERAL COINAGE
    AR Hemidrachm
    OBVERSE: Boeotian shield
    REVERSE: Kantheros, club of Herakles above, BO to left, I and crescent to right
    Struck at Thespiae mint 336-315 BC
    1.9g, 14mm
    SNG Copenhagen 176-177
     
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  4. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Some sweet additions
     
  5. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

  6. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    very nice and detailed coins!.. i have also suffered from "size shock" too when receiving coins occasionally, when not paying too much attention to those variants.
     
  7. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    Fine Boeotian sheilds, I want to add a hemidrachm some day. I did get a nice little bronze last year.
    Thebes, Boeotia.jpg
    Boeotia, Thebes 379-338 BC, AE10, 1.24g: Obv: Boeotian shield Rev: Trident. Lindgren 1517 (This coin). Lindgren plate coin

    And a little bronze provincial Trajan I picked up from JA sometime last year.
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    Trajan, AD 98-117.
    Æ10, 8.6g, 12h. SYRIA, Cyrrhestica, Cyrrhus.
    Obv.: AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOS APIST CEB ΓEPM DAK ΠAΡΘI; Laureate head right.
    Rev.: KYPPHC/TWN in two lines; A below; all within wreath.
    Reference:Butcher 1; BMC 2; SNG Copenhagen 45 var. (B on reverse).
     
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