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<p>[QUOTE="Nemo, post: 3184522, member: 58462"]<font size="5">It was a beautifully gloomy, overcast day today. Absolutely perfect lighting for some coin photography. These little guys are often struck off center with poor details so I was happy to snag this one. I love the swan's head throne.</font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]821165[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Mazaios Obol, Artaxerxes III / Lion attacking bull </b></font></p><p><font size="5">CILICIA. Tarsos. Mazaios (Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC). Obol. 0.7 g., 12 mm.</font></p><p><font size="5">O: Artaxerxes III (in the guise of Baaltars) seated right on throne with back terminating in head of swan, holding lotus flower and lotus-tipped sceptre. </font></p><p><font size="5">R: Lion attacking bull right.</font></p><p><font size="5">- Ziegler -; Casabonne Series 6; SNG BN 426-8 (Myriandros); SNG Levante 183 (Myriandros).</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Is it just me or does the lion look like he's attacking Duke Weaselton rather than a bull?</font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]821164[/ATTACH] </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nemo, post: 3184522, member: 58462"][SIZE=5]It was a beautifully gloomy, overcast day today. Absolutely perfect lighting for some coin photography. These little guys are often struck off center with poor details so I was happy to snag this one. I love the swan's head throne. [ATTACH=full]821165[/ATTACH] [B]Mazaios Obol, Artaxerxes III / Lion attacking bull [/B] CILICIA. Tarsos. Mazaios (Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC). Obol. 0.7 g., 12 mm. O: Artaxerxes III (in the guise of Baaltars) seated right on throne with back terminating in head of swan, holding lotus flower and lotus-tipped sceptre. R: Lion attacking bull right. - Ziegler -; Casabonne Series 6; SNG BN 426-8 (Myriandros); SNG Levante 183 (Myriandros). Is it just me or does the lion look like he's attacking Duke Weaselton rather than a bull? [ATTACH=full]821164[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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