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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2603486, member: 57495&quot;]Yesterday, the postman brought the last package of coins I was waiting for, a little box of goodies comprising my wins from five past CNG auctions.&nbsp; As these 14 coins are going to have to keep me happy until my first 2017 score, I&#039;m going to savour them slowly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; These are the three I managed to process pictures of today.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up is probably my favorite of the bunch, the latest addition to my small stable of Colts, and one from a city I didn&#039;t have.&nbsp; It really is super-pleasing in hand.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]568645[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AKARNANIA, Thyrrheion</b></p><p>Circa 360-320 BC</p><p>AR Stater. 8.45g, 18mm. Pegasi 1; BCD Akarnania 373.1 (this coin); HGC 4, 917. O: Pegasos left, jumping off an uneven ground line; T below. R: Helmeted head of Athena right.</p><p><i>Ex Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind; Ex BCD Collection (Münzen &amp; Medaillen GMBH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 373.1; Ex Münzenhandlung FR Künker, Osnabrück 14 (1989), lot 5705</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This next one was part of a small but delightful lot of Thessalian fractions, all ex BCD.&nbsp; It&#039;s in slightly rough shape, but still really quite nice, and complements it&#039;s <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-oitaioi-a-lion-and-herakles.281725/#post-2478017" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-oitaioi-a-lion-and-herakles.281725/#post-2478017">big brother </a>which joined my collection earlier in the year (still one of my favorites). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]568647[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Oitaioi</b></p><p>Circa 360-344 BC</p><p>AR Obol. Herakleia Trachinia mint. HGC 4, 130; BCD Thessaly II 490; SNG Cop 177. O: Lion&#039;s head left, with spear in its jaws. R: OITA, quiver with loose straps.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And bringing up the rear (...cough) is this Julia Domna denarius with a reverse type I really wanted but an obverse portrait that won me over.&nbsp; It&#039;s a modest coin, but it has its charms <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]568646[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>JULIA DOMNA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.84g, 17mm. Rome mint, circa AD 193-196. RIC IV 536. O: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right. R: VENERI VICTR, Venus standing right, seen from behind, resting elbow on column and holding palm frond and apple.</p><p><i>Ex Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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