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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8132001, member: 85693&quot;]The [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] post above inspired me to look a little harder at the Greeks.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a winged thunderbolt, from Pisidia: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416464[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Pisidia, Selge&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 14</b></p><p><b>(c. 200 - 10 B.C.)</b></p><p>Bare head of Herakles to right; before, K. / CΕΛΓΕ Winged thunderbolt; to right, bow (topped with a griffin head?).</p><p>SNG BN 1998; Paris 764 var.; SNG France 1988; BMC 50; Sear 5412.</p><p>(2.10 grams / 14 mm)</p><p>eBay April 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $1.24</p><p><b>Attribution Notes: </b>Type with K on obverse rather scarce (three auctions found). </p><p>Possible die match with:</p><p>Nomos Obolos Web Auction 17 Lot 334, 20.12.2020, which</p><p>notes SNG BN 1998 (same dies)&nbsp; In this auction, bow is described as being topped with a griffin head, but I do not see it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another one, from Metropolis, where dwelleth Superman: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416465[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Ionia, Metropolis&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 15</b></p><p><b>(c. 100-50 B.C.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Diogenes magistrate</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Ares right / ΔIOΓENHΣ, Winged thunderbolt; monogram above.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 904.</p><p>(4.19 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of my favorites because of the patina.&nbsp; It is from Philadelphia, home of Rocky Balboa:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416469[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Lydia, Philadelphia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 14</b></p><p><b>(Semi-) Autonomous Issue</b></p><p><b>(c. 100 B.C. - 14 A.D.)</b></p><p>Macedonian shield, star in center / ΦIΛAΔEΛ-ΦEωN above and beneath winged thunderbolt, (Ρ?)ΠME monogram above, all within wreath.</p><p>BMC 2-3; SNG Tuebingen 3738.</p><p>(5.28 grams / 14 mm)</p><p>eBay Oct. 2018[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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