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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3572153, member: 56859"]I struck out on AsiaMinorCoins (searched every bull on the site) but had a look through Historia Nvmorvm, conveniently digitized and online thanks to [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>This is somewhat similar... <a href="http://snible.org/coins/hn/caria.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://snible.org/coins/hn/caria.html" rel="nofollow">Cnidus in Caria</a> (scroll down the page):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]951672[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]951671[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The book image obverse sure looks like Zeus rather than Apollo but it's hard to say. On your coin I can make out a hint of some letters to the left of the bull, as in the coin shown above. Not sure about the size. Yours may be significantly larger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: belated Happy Birthday! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3572153, member: 56859"]I struck out on AsiaMinorCoins (searched every bull on the site) but had a look through Historia Nvmorvm, conveniently digitized and online thanks to [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER]. This is somewhat similar... [URL='http://snible.org/coins/hn/caria.html']Cnidus in Caria[/URL] (scroll down the page): [ATTACH=full]951672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]951671[/ATTACH] The book image obverse sure looks like Zeus rather than Apollo but it's hard to say. On your coin I can make out a hint of some letters to the left of the bull, as in the coin shown above. Not sure about the size. Yours may be significantly larger. Edited to add: belated Happy Birthday! :)[/QUOTE]
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