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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 5361161, member: 82549&quot;]These two coins, both won in the most recent Agora auction, arrived in my mailbox around 5:00 P.M. last night.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a result of my new, recent interest in Greek bronzes. I been wanting a nice, facing (more or less) nymph bust for a while, and the horse and rider on the reverse was a nice bonus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227534[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thessaly, Larissa. 3rd century B.C. AE dichalkon (18.4 mm, 5.44 g, 1 h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing three-quarter left, wearing earring and necklace / [ΛAP IΣ-AIΩN], cavalryman, wearing Boiotian helmet and cuirass, riding right, holding lance; M below. BCD Thessaly II 393.7; Rogers 286.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection; Ex Thess., Apr 94.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The next, an antoninianus of Gordian III is an upgrade for my <a href="http://feltemp.com/Emperors/Emperors_Page4.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://feltemp.com/Emperors/Emperors_Page4.html" rel="nofollow">Roman Emperors</a> website:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227535[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III. A.D. 238-244. AR antoninianus (20x22 mm, 3.98 g, 1 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 238/9. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from behind / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking left holding wreath and palm-branch. RIC 5; RSC 357. VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share any coins that snuck in under the wire for nasty old 2020, and best wishes for a happy, healthy 2021 to all![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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