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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2460991, member: 56859&quot;]Mmmm yes, lets!&nbsp; You<i> know</i> I love colorfully toned coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffit%252Fw_1702%252Ch_1064%252Cq_90%252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%26hash%3Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3&amp;hash=75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/selinos-litra-this-tiny-coin-has-it-all.258915/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/selinos-litra-this-tiny-coin-has-it-all.258915/">SICILY, Selinos</a></b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atgtet-cc-jpg.511820/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!kings-of-macedon-alexander-iii/c1a0j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!kings-of-macedon-alexander-iii/c1a0j" rel="nofollow">KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III</a></b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm</p><p>late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne</p><p>Ref: Price 3325</p><p><i><i>ex Colosseo Collection (images by Colosseo Collection)</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><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%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%2526hash%253D58f9317217bbda869f6472d508076eb6%26hash%3D974082f0419838526c8f2940a8591741&amp;hash=a4c3346953e4d5122a1f288e11c424e5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></i></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h</p><p>Pella, 342-336 BCE</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right</p><p>Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue</p><p>Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95</p><p><i><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/corinthstater-chimaera-reflection-jpg.454729/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></i></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!corinthia-corinth--stater-chimaera/clw5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!corinthia-corinth--stater-chimaera/clw5" rel="nofollow">CORINTHIA, Corinth</a></b></p><p>circa 375-300 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera standing left</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848</p><p><i><i>ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008)</i></i></p><p><i><i>ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381</i></i></p><p><i><i>ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></i></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・J above</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・J above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>Jencek E-auction 26, lot 58, 14 October 2014. Ex CNG XXXI lot 699, September 1994; ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_1644%2Ch_1028%2Cq_90%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg&amp;hash=1322f33116d97e9c8a20f3e5f4936892" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></i></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!antestius-renius-mule-fouree-denarius/ca72" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!antestius-renius-mule-fouree-denarius/ca72" rel="nofollow">Roman Republic fourrée mule denarius</a></b></p><p><b>L. Antestius Gragulus, 136 BCE, and C. Renius, 138 BCE</b></p><p>ancient forgery, 3.18 gm</p><p>Obv: Roma helmeted head right, * below chin, GRAG behind</p><p>Rev: Juno Caprotina in a biga of goats, C・RENI below, ROMA in exergue</p><p>Ref: Obverse S.115, Cr.238/1, Syd.451, RSC Antestia 9; Reverse S.108, Cr.231/1, Syd.432, RSc Renia 1</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sikyonstater-rt-jpg.461600/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!sikyonia-sikyon--ar-stater/ch2q" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!sikyonia-sikyon--ar-stater/ch2q" rel="nofollow">SIKYONIA, Sikyon</a></b></p><p>335-330 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 23 mm, 12.3 gm</p><p>Obv: Chimera standing left; wreath above, ΣE below</p><p>Rev: Dove flying left; A to left; all within wreath</p><p>Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 220; Traité III 775, pl. CCXX, 11</p><p><i>CNG 342, from the &quot;collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from C.H. Wolfe, 3 May 1989&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sepsevcircus-rt-jpg.490552/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!septimius-severus-denarius/c1l3r" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!septimius-severus-denarius/c1l3r" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus</a></b></p><p>Rome, CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina&#039;s other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><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%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_308a6bdbd24442b28076eb468c0b7786.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%2526hash%253D54484212b956f2fd52625764285e391f%26hash%3Db0d1d7cb309acf84855eacb2393f2705&amp;hash=66836f8822be324f955cab704210d08c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>EUBOIA, Eretria</b></p><p>357-267 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.1 gm</p><p>Obv: head of nymph Eretria left</p><p>Rev: head of bull facing, fillets from horns, EY above, satyr&#039;s head facing in right field [hmm, I can&#039;t really make much out of that blob]</p><p>Ref: Wallace pl. XI, cf 126.</p><p><i><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></i></p><p><i><i>ex BCD Collection</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i></i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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