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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6490377, member: 75937"]That's gorgeous, [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER]! I love those big bronzes from Cilicia. They tend to have rough surfaces, though, and yours is truly exceptional!</p><p><br /></p><p>That's a great write-up! I love it when art history is incorporated into a discussion of a coin design. I have a couple with Athena doing battle:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/athena-itonia.334951/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/athena-itonia.334951/">Athena Itonia</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-larissa-jpg.1213109/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ assarion, 6.04 g, 19.2 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Koinon of Thessaly, Larissa, AD 158-165.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ; bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina II, right.</p><p>Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΘЄϹϹΑΛⲰΝ; Athena Itonia in snake-adorned aegis, striding right, brandishing spear and holding shield.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.1 <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4570" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4570" rel="nofollow">4570</a> (temporary); Rogers 98a, SNG Cop 349; SNG Evelpidis 1685; BCD Thessaly II 966.1 & 966.2.</p><p>Notes: Ex-BCD collection. Issued in three denominations: tetrassarion (RPC 4569), diassarion (RPC 4568), and assarion (such as this coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Athena in the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gigantomachia-the-battle-of-the-giants.333828/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gigantomachia-the-battle-of-the-giants.333828/">Gigantomachy</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/volusian-seleuceia-ad-calycadnum-gigantomachy-jpg.1257143/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Volusian, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 28.2 mm, 11.26 g, 7 h.</p><p>Cilicia, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, AD 251-253.</p><p>Obv: ΑV Κ ΓΑ ΟVΙΒ ϹΑΒΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ϹЄΛЄVΚЄ-ΩΝ ΤΩ Π|ΡΟϹ Κ-ΑΛV|ΔΝ, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear, holding shield, attacking serpent-footed giant hurling stone with right hand.</p><p>Refs: RPC IX, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1336" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1336" rel="nofollow">1336</a>; BMC 21.141,54; SNG von Aulock 5851; <i>RG</i> 4480 (SNG France 1055); SNG Levante 780.</p><p>Notes: Double die match to SNG Levante 780 and RG 4480=SNG France 1055 (BnF); obverse die match to BMC 54.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6490377, member: 75937"]That's gorgeous, [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER]! I love those big bronzes from Cilicia. They tend to have rough surfaces, though, and yours is truly exceptional! That's a great write-up! I love it when art history is incorporated into a discussion of a coin design. I have a couple with Athena doing battle: [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/athena-itonia.334951/']Athena Itonia[/URL]: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-larissa-jpg.1213109/[/IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ assarion, 6.04 g, 19.2 mm, 1 h. Koinon of Thessaly, Larissa, AD 158-165. Obv: ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ; bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina II, right. Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΘЄϹϹΑΛⲰΝ; Athena Itonia in snake-adorned aegis, striding right, brandishing spear and holding shield. Refs: RPC IV.1 [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4570']4570[/URL] (temporary); Rogers 98a, SNG Cop 349; SNG Evelpidis 1685; BCD Thessaly II 966.1 & 966.2. Notes: Ex-BCD collection. Issued in three denominations: tetrassarion (RPC 4569), diassarion (RPC 4568), and assarion (such as this coin). Athena in the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gigantomachia-the-battle-of-the-giants.333828/']Gigantomachy[/URL]: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/volusian-seleuceia-ad-calycadnum-gigantomachy-jpg.1257143/[/IMG] Volusian, AD 251-253. Roman provincial Æ 28.2 mm, 11.26 g, 7 h. Cilicia, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, AD 251-253. Obv: ΑV Κ ΓΑ ΟVΙΒ ϹΑΒΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: ϹЄΛЄVΚЄ-ΩΝ ΤΩ Π|ΡΟϹ Κ-ΑΛV|ΔΝ, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear, holding shield, attacking serpent-footed giant hurling stone with right hand. Refs: RPC IX, [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1336']1336[/URL]; BMC 21.141,54; SNG von Aulock 5851; [I]RG[/I] 4480 (SNG France 1055); SNG Levante 780. Notes: Double die match to SNG Levante 780 and RG 4480=SNG France 1055 (BnF); obverse die match to BMC 54.[/QUOTE]
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