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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 4991323, member: 87809"]<a href="http://@Alegandron" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://@Alegandron" rel="nofollow">@Alegandron</a> I am always paying a lot of attention to the attributions that members give at CT, and compare it to mine to see if is the same, since I have the same type as your Hieron II with an N below the forelegs of the horse, which I think I can also see on yours, the attribution I found is:</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG ANS 924, Calciati II, p. 381, 195; SNG Copenhagen 839; <u>HGC 2, 1548; </u></p><p>BMC Sicily p.217, 588; Head Pl. XII.2, 588 in “A catalogue of The Greek Coins in The British Museum”, Sicily-Syracuse by Barclay V. Head, 1876</p><p><br /></p><p>and yours is</p><p>HGC 2, 1547; CNS II 193</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know the difference between 1547 and 1548?</p><p>would it be right to use both: HGC 2, 1547-1548?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is mine:</p><p>AE Hemilitron</p><p>25 x 26 mm, 17.249 g</p><p>Sicily, Syracuse, 265 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: Diademed head of Hieron II to l.; border of dots</p><p>Rev.: Horseman galloping r., wearing helmet, cuirass and chlamys, holding spear in r. hand; N below forelegs of horse; in exergue IEΡΩNOΣ (Lettering hard to read)</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1198908[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1198909[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 4991323, member: 87809"][URL='http://@Alegandron']@Alegandron[/URL] I am always paying a lot of attention to the attributions that members give at CT, and compare it to mine to see if is the same, since I have the same type as your Hieron II with an N below the forelegs of the horse, which I think I can also see on yours, the attribution I found is: SNG ANS 924, Calciati II, p. 381, 195; SNG Copenhagen 839; [U]HGC 2, 1548; [/U] BMC Sicily p.217, 588; Head Pl. XII.2, 588 in “A catalogue of The Greek Coins in The British Museum”, Sicily-Syracuse by Barclay V. Head, 1876 and yours is HGC 2, 1547; CNS II 193 Do you know the difference between 1547 and 1548? would it be right to use both: HGC 2, 1547-1548? This is mine: AE Hemilitron 25 x 26 mm, 17.249 g Sicily, Syracuse, 265 BC Obv.: Diademed head of Hieron II to l.; border of dots Rev.: Horseman galloping r., wearing helmet, cuirass and chlamys, holding spear in r. hand; N below forelegs of horse; in exergue IEΡΩNOΣ (Lettering hard to read) [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1198908[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1198909[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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