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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2515916, member: 56859&quot;]Man... it would probably be easier to show coins I own whose purchase <i>wasn&#039;t</i> prompted by a CoinTalk post!&nbsp; I can&#039;t remember all of the &quot;I want one of those too&quot; purchases, but here are a few.&nbsp; The two people I&#039;ve copied most often are [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] and [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Most recently, a Corinth stater with pudenda virilia control mark (Zumbly showed one first):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/corinthpudendavirilia-rt-jpg.534378/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>c. 400-375 BCE</p><p>AR stater. 20 mm, 8.25 gm</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena right; EYO (retrograde) above; pudenda virilia behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 599; Calciati 155; Pegasi I p. 198, 155</p><p><i>I rarely post a coin before having it in hand but with this one I did.&nbsp; These pictures are edited seller&#039;s images.&nbsp; The coin arrived yesterday so I&#039;ll take pictures later today.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason I (and others) have accumulated many coins of Amisos, especially the &quot;decapitation scene&quot; coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall whose I saw first-- probably Steve&#039;s.&nbsp; I bought one and then found one at a local jewelry store.&nbsp; Somewhere along the line I picked up another one!&nbsp; I should sell/trade one of these.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontosamisosbeheadedmedusa-med-jpg.313943/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_ed6209db5c094d73bfec979bc4c4f097.jpg_srb_p_850_418_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%252526hash%25253D496041e5b0be41de3ed4a81421402124%2526hash%253D4020f17f0d8cab366843ba1e5e86939b%26hash%3De1c26dea74a7668749e63add9dfcd811&amp;hash=2590c95379f261fb4ed2e908de4a2b5c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535786[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is another relatively recent acquisition, freshly in mind from a SteveX6 post and found at a coin show in April:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/grynionmussel-rt-jpg.496246/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>AEOLIS, Grynion (alt. spellings: Gryneion, Gyrnion, Grynium, others)</b></p><p>4th century BC</p><p>Æ 17 mm, 3.7 gm</p><p>Obi: laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left</p><p>Rev: ΓΥΡΝΗΙΩΝ; mussel shell</p><p>Ref: SNG Ashmolean 1445-6; SNG Copenhagen 202-4</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of my coins were inspired by [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] although my examples are rarely in his league.&nbsp; I do own a few ex-AJ coins though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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