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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3592870, member: 57495&quot;]Neat provincial, FF. The boar probably refers to the mythological founding of Ephesos by Androklos, an exiled Athenian prince who was told he would be led to the site of his new city by a wild boar.&nbsp; Now, let&#039;s go on a boar hunt! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]960201[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (<i>this coin cited</i>). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side. </p><p><i>Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>And what kind of zoo thread would it be without a coin from the estimable stevex6 collection? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]960204[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHOKIS, Federal Coinage</b></p><p>AR Obol. 0.83g, 9.5mm. PHOKIS, Federal Coinage, circa 478-460 BC. Williams –; BCD Lokris 208 (<i>this coin</i>); HGC 4, 1062. O: Facing head of bull. R: Forepart of boar right within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex Stevex6 Collection; ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind (CNG 375, 1 June 2016, lot 326); ex Cederlind 161, 25 October 2011, lot 41; ex BCD Collection (Numismatic Ars Classica 55, 8 October 2010, lot 208), purchased from Peus, May 1978.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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