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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 6524251, member: 75937&quot;]Some of my favorite Greek bronzes:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pergamon-athena-owl-ae-15-jpg.885438/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC.</p><p>Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h.</p><p>Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with star.</p><p>Rev: AΘΗ-ΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, owl standing facing on palm, with wings spread,TK monogram left and ΠΛ right.</p><p>Refs: SNG Copenhagen 388 (same); c.f. SNG von Aulock 1375-6, BMC 197-199, SNG France 1920-2, SNG BN 1913-6 (various monograms).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/apameia-athena-and-eagle-jpg.1084978/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Phrygia, Apameia, ca. 88-40 BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 23 mm, 7.71 g.</p><p>Magistrate Philokratos son of Aristos.</p><p>Obv: Bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis and crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin.</p><p>Rev: AΠAMEΩN / ΦIΛOKPATOY APIΣΤΕOY, Eagle alighting right above Maeander pattern; to l. and r., eight-pointed star above piloi of the Dioskouroi.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.87, 105-108; SNG Cop 168-69.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/apameia-artemis-anaitis-jpg.1196267/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Phrygia, Apameia, ca. 88-40 BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 8.54 g, 12 h.</p><p>Magistrate Attalos, son of Bianoros.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.</p><p>Rev: AΠAM / ATTA / BIAN, Cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis facing.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.80, 61; SNG Cop 172; SNG München 122; HGC 7, 672.</p><p>Notes: Ex Roma E-Sale 27, lot 1088, 28 May, 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sigeion-athena-owl-sng-cop-496-7-jpg.1178389/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Troas, Sigeion, c. 335 BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 12.2 mm, 2.37 g, 5 h.</p><p>Obv: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace.</p><p>Rev: ΣΙΓΕ, owl standing right, head facing; crescent to left.</p><p>Refs: BMC 17.86,7-10; SNG von Aulock 7637; SNG Ashmolean 1214–6; SNG Copenhagen 496–8; Sear 4145.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/arsinoe-iii-thespiae-jpg.1224525/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Greek Æ 12.5 mm, 3.37 g, 3 h.</p><p>Boeotia, Thespiae, late 3rd century BC?</p><p>Obv: Female head, right, wearing kalathos and veil.</p><p>Rev: ΘEΣΠI/EΩN either side of chelys (lyre); all within laurel wreath.</p><p>Refs: BMC 8.92,14-22; Sear 2461; SNG Cop 406-7; BCD <i>Boiotia</i> 612; Head <i>Boeotia</i> p. 94, pl. VI, 13.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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