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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 7836186, member: 56859&quot;]I saw that one, Orfew, and had it on my bid list but I was busy and forgot all about the Leu provincials <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I pretty much watch (and often bid) on <b>all</b> snake cowboys because I love the type and I&#039;m a hog <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Glad this one went to you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like I missed another snake cowboy thread recently-- [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] .&nbsp; I meant to drop some pictures there.&nbsp; Guess I&#039;ll do it here instead.&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall if there are any I haven&#039;t shown before.&nbsp; If so, I probably haven&#039;t taken (or processed) pics yet.&nbsp; Hard to keep track because I&#039;ve underbid so many of them in the last year or two!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian.</b> Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&amp;G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110; Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 316; Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Appearances: Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 (<i>this coin</i>). Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (<i>this coin</i>); fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 (<i>this coin</i>, discussing the unusual reverse).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/carcalladiobolagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.1228490/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Caracalla as Caesar</b></p><p>RY 9 of Septimius Severus, 200/1 CE</p><p>Diobol</p><p>Obv: [illegible but probably AVT] KMAVPHΛANTωNINOCCEB; laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Agathodaemon standing erect right, &quot;holding&quot; grain ear; atop horse galloping right; LΘ below</p><p>Ref: Dattari 4050; Emmett 2774. This rare type was previously known only for Caracalla’s 10th regnal year.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-philadelphia-serpentonhorse-nn-rt-jpg.759310/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>LYDIA, Philadelphia. Caracalla</b>. Æ 31, 16.7 gm, CE 198-217. Ioulianos, strategos. AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTPA IOVΛIANOV A ΠOΛ ΦIΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΩN; horse prancing left surmounted by serpent coiled left. BMC 85. Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-serapisagathodaemondrachm-rt-jpg.759332/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius.</b> Æ drachm (32mm, 23.0 g, 12h); RY 23 (CE 159/60). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Serapis-Agathodaemon serpent erect right on horseback advancing right; L K Γ (date) across field. Only the K is visible on this coin but this is the only year of issue for the type. Cf. Köln 1852-3; Dattari (Savio) 8939; K&amp;G 35.820; Emmett 1679. <i>Ex X6 Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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