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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7549488, member: 91461&quot;]Who isn&#039;t enamored with the artistry of the ancients involving those lovely locks of a lady, the unique things they put in their hair and of the strange familiarity of the feminine then to our own now?</p><p>Here&#039;s a brand new (to me) wonderous Syracusan bronze!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302533[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sicily, HimeraSICILY, Himera. Circa 415-409 BC. Æ Hemilitron (16mm, 3.3 g, 6h). Head of nymph left, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; six pellets (mark of value) before / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. Kraay, Bronze , group b, 3; CNS 35; SNG ANS 186.&nbsp; (c. 415-409 BC), cast Æ Hemilitron, head of nymph left, wearing ampyx and sphendone, rev. six pellets in wreath (Calciati I, pp. 43, no. 35; SNG ANS 186), Off center, obverse with excellent detail.</p><p>Purchased from Variana Museum May 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302534[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lokris Opuntia</p><p>Hemidrachm around 350 BCE 2.60 g. Head of a nymph with reed wreath, simple ear pendants and necklace to the right / Ajax in the Corinthian helmet with drawn short sword storming to the right, holding above the left arm oval shield with a lion as inner jewelry, spear lying on the ground. BMC 26</p><p>Very nice</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302535[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny</p><p>485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratchlike flaw in obv right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice try, with those luscious locks Apollo! Fool me once<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302538[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kassander</p><p>305-298 BCE AE 20 Uncertain Macedonian mint. laureate head of Apollo right ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ, legend vertically downwards to right and left of tripod; to left, A (tipped ccw), to right, kerykion. SNG Alpha Bank 895-6; SNG München 1030. VF, dark green patina</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302565[/ATTACH]</p><p>L.Valerius,Flacci</p><p>Denarius 108 or 107, AR 3.97 g. Draped bust of Victory r.; below chin, Ú. Rev. L•VALERI / FLACCI Mars walking l., holding spear and trophy over l. shoulder; before, apex and behind, corn ear. Babelon Valeria 11. Sydenham 565. Crawford 306/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302566[/ATTACH]</p><p>Creperius, Rocus</p><p>Denarius. 68 BC. Uncertain mint. (Ffc-657). (Craw-399-1b). (Cal-522). Obv: Bust of the back of the Sea Goddess to the right, C to the right, to the left crab. Rev .: Neptune with trident, in biga pulled by hippocampi to the right, below Q CREPER M (F) / ROCVS. Ag. 3.61 g. Usually struck off center. Very scarce. VF.</p><p>Ex: Tauler &amp; Fau</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302567[/ATTACH]</p><p>JULIA AUGUSTA (LIVIA). AUGUSTA,</p><p>14-29 A.D. AE Dupondius (31 mm, 13.13 gms), Rome Mint.</p><p>RIC-Tiberius 47. Bareheaded</p><p>and draped bust of Julia Augusta (Livia) as Salus Augusta right; Reverse: Large</p><p>S.C, inscription around. Light brown with some granularity. Nearly VERY FINE.</p><p>Former: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302568[/ATTACH]</p><p>SABINA</p><p>Dupondius, 136 CE</p><p>Mint: Rome</p><p>26.3&nbsp; mm, 10,2 g.</p><p>Rarity : R1</p><p>Obverse legend : SABINA AVGVSTA - HADRIANI AVG PP, Obverse: Diadémé bust and drape of Sabina on the right, hair raised, artistically capped.</p><p>RIC.-&nbsp; -&nbsp; BMC/RE.1900</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302569[/ATTACH]</p><p>Helena, Augusta,</p><p>324-328/30. Follis (Bronze, 19.5 mm, 3.37 g 6), Treveri, 327-328. FL HELENA AVGVSTA Diademed and draped bust of Helena to right. Rev. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE / STRE Securitas standing left, holding branch in her right hand. LRBC 41. RIC 508. Nicely toned. Extremely fine.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]RcWdT5KCcRU[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>You have any wild, lovely, artistic or strange hairdos??? Please post them and anything else fun and frizz free![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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