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<p>[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 4688383, member: 90248"]Picked up this coin to add to the 12 Olympians set from a reputable dealer on vcoins....</p><p>Can't seem to find any images that look similar using the references stated by the seller...??? Is this coin really that rare??...Scarcity wasn't the reason why I bought this coin, I just wanted a nice Aphrodite coin that wasn't being described as 'Head of Laodice <b>OR</b> Aphrodite right'.</p><p>LAODICEA AD LYCUM (Phrygia) 14mm/4.0gr. Ca 200-100 BC.</p><p>Obverse: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, hair in bun.</p><p>Reverse: ΛAOΔIKEΩN. Aphrodite standing left, holding dove, rose with stalk to left.</p><p>BMC Phrygia p.284, 27.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153157[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here's the BMC plate coin (4)...The bust style looks really different? and is the same coin used as the example on wildwinds for both BMC27 and BMC29?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153158[/ATTACH] </p><p>The closest style I've found is this one on vcoins....</p><p>The sellers references...</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 497; SNG München 340; SNG von Aulock -; HGC 7, 744</p><p>SCARCE (R1 per HGC)......I just keep hitting dead ends! Can anyone help??</p><p>It would be really appreciated...Thanks Paul...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153167[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 4688383, member: 90248"]Picked up this coin to add to the 12 Olympians set from a reputable dealer on vcoins.... Can't seem to find any images that look similar using the references stated by the seller...??? Is this coin really that rare??...Scarcity wasn't the reason why I bought this coin, I just wanted a nice Aphrodite coin that wasn't being described as 'Head of Laodice [B]OR[/B] Aphrodite right'. LAODICEA AD LYCUM (Phrygia) 14mm/4.0gr. Ca 200-100 BC. Obverse: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, hair in bun. Reverse: ΛAOΔIKEΩN. Aphrodite standing left, holding dove, rose with stalk to left. BMC Phrygia p.284, 27. [ATTACH=full]1153157[/ATTACH] Here's the BMC plate coin (4)...The bust style looks really different? and is the same coin used as the example on wildwinds for both BMC27 and BMC29? [ATTACH=full]1153158[/ATTACH] The closest style I've found is this one on vcoins.... The sellers references... SNG Copenhagen 497; SNG München 340; SNG von Aulock -; HGC 7, 744 SCARCE (R1 per HGC)......I just keep hitting dead ends! Can anyone help?? It would be really appreciated...Thanks Paul... [ATTACH=full]1153167[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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