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<p>[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 2934027, member: 31533"]Thank you [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] for your generosity, I not only got my first 'roach' but I was surprised with three other coins, all for me to start to attribute. My pics are not the best, but hopefully these will do. One I think is what they call a Kainon aka Alaisa from Sicily but I don't have it fully attributed. This is the one with the Horse prancing left and Griffin, possibly leaping over a grasshopper? I am really not sure what is beneath the griffin. And I may have the obverse/reverse reversed, so that the Griffin should be the obverse. Also what is strange is that the horse and the griffin don't seem to be set right as far as coin turn or medal turn, but seems to be a bit off (rotation?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the nice silver roach is pretty cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure what the others are, my eyes don't seem to want to recognise letters really good.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]713043[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]713044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]713045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]713046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 2934027, member: 31533"]Thank you [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] for your generosity, I not only got my first 'roach' but I was surprised with three other coins, all for me to start to attribute. My pics are not the best, but hopefully these will do. One I think is what they call a Kainon aka Alaisa from Sicily but I don't have it fully attributed. This is the one with the Horse prancing left and Griffin, possibly leaping over a grasshopper? I am really not sure what is beneath the griffin. And I may have the obverse/reverse reversed, so that the Griffin should be the obverse. Also what is strange is that the horse and the griffin don't seem to be set right as far as coin turn or medal turn, but seems to be a bit off (rotation?). Of course the nice silver roach is pretty cool. I am not sure what the others are, my eyes don't seem to want to recognise letters really good. [ATTACH=full]713043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]713044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]713045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]713046[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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