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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7757389, member: 83845"]Absolutely wonderful David! A top 10 coin for anyone’s year for sure. Thanks for sharing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t have any relevant Flavians to share but in true pile on style here is a bull...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329330[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Crete, Gortyna</font></p><p><font size="3">AR stater, struck ca. 330-270 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 27.5 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 11.58 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Europa seated right in lefeless plane-tree, holding branches of tree with both hands</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Bull standing right, head turned back, scratching muzzle with hoof.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Karl Kress (before 1969) </font></p><p><br /></p><p>...and here is a plate coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329331[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329332[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Egypt, Alexandria </font></p><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius</font></p><p><font size="3">BI Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, RY 11 = AD 147/8. </font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 24 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 13.81 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: ANTωNEINOC CEB EYCEB, Laureate bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: L ENΔEKATOV, Elpis standing left, lifting hem of skirt and holding flower</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Dattari-Savio pl. 111, 8160 (this coin illustrated); Emmett 1383.11; RPC Online IV temp #13607 (this coin cited).</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.511); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7757389, member: 83845"]Absolutely wonderful David! A top 10 coin for anyone’s year for sure. Thanks for sharing. I don’t have any relevant Flavians to share but in true pile on style here is a bull... [ATTACH=full]1329330[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Crete, Gortyna AR stater, struck ca. 330-270 BC Dia.: 27.5 mm Wt.: 11.58 g Obv.: Europa seated right in lefeless plane-tree, holding branches of tree with both hands Rev.: Bull standing right, head turned back, scratching muzzle with hoof. Ex Karl Kress (before 1969) [/SIZE] ...and here is a plate coin. [ATTACH=full]1329331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1329332[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Egypt, Alexandria Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, RY 11 = AD 147/8. Dia.: 24 mm Wt.: 13.81 g Obv.: ANTωNEINOC CEB EYCEB, Laureate bust right Rev.: L ENΔEKATOV, Elpis standing left, lifting hem of skirt and holding flower Ref.: Dattari-Savio pl. 111, 8160 (this coin illustrated); Emmett 1383.11; RPC Online IV temp #13607 (this coin cited). Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.511); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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