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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2410344, member: 56859&quot;]Congrats!!&nbsp; I&#039;m watching Pecunem right now and saw that.&nbsp; Debating whether to drop a few bids <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>You want to see our pigs?&nbsp; Happy to oblige, sir <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; This may take a few posts since there is an upload limit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First up, <b>winged bacon</b>.&nbsp; Leading the squadron is this hekte I hadn&#039;t shown before:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>LESBOS, Mytilene</b></p><p>521-478 BCE</p><p>EL hekte, 10.5 mm, 2.6 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Bodenstedt Em. 10; HGC 6, 935; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1678; BMC –</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_dfc8bccfc9804bd8bbbb328880145268.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_480,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_dfc8bccfc9804bd8bbbb328880145268.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Samos</b></p><p>510-500 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 1673</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cariarhodosialysosobolmed-jpg.303128/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. <i>Ialysos</i>. </b>480-408 BC</p><p>AR Obol (or some other size-appropriate fractional name), 9 mm, 0.6 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square.</p><p>Ref: SNG Keckman 315; Karl 373</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Representatives from the Klazomenai squadron of the First Pigasus Division:</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_acc65e8938114914a553a34818bc1340.jpg/v1/fill/w_1020,h_491,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_acc65e8938114914a553a34818bc1340.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b>&nbsp; </p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 15 mm, 3.33 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart ofwinged boar flying right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; incuse square</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Babelon, Traité II/1, 487; Jameson Coll. 1492</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_28ed51df612844ac939eb41f4c54c159.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_485,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_28ed51df612844ac939eb41f4c54c159.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>499-494 BCE</p><p>AR diobol, 9mm, 1.2 g</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; incuse square</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Cf. BMC 9-10 (drachm); cf. Traité I 488 (drachm). VF, toned, porous. Very rare with boar left, apparently unpublished as a diobol</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1be3e33f6f4f4efe9febea7e069e156f.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_491,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_1be3e33f6f4f4efe9febea7e069e156f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>499-494 BCE</p><p>AR diobol, 10 mm, 1.0 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev: quadripartite incuse square, K</p><p>Ref: SNG München 451</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a3ed20072ca4418393a3fb8fa8488acf.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_544,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_a3ed20072ca4418393a3fb8fa8488acf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>c. 5th century BCE</p><p>AR hemiobol, 7 x 5 mm, 0.27 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; incuse square</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG von Aulock 1985; Klein 817</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_569992e99fea4820b6561fd78f212ea8.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_517%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_569992e99fea4820b6561fd78f212ea8.jpg&amp;hash=de7eb559172751c52cc500440e2c2fec" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>4th century BC</p><p>AE10.7, 1.53 gm.</p><p>Obv: head of Athena right</p><p>Rev: ram lying left, winged boar above, Φ in left field; ANOK (ANOY?) below</p><p>Ref: Not in literature consulted, including Imhoof-Blumer, F., Kleinasiatische Münzen</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/klazoathenasheeppigasus2med-jpg.301215/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>(similar to above; the only two like them I&#039;ve found)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/klazomenaicbgfrmed-jpg.301212/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>190-130 BCE</p><p>AE 16 mm, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar right, ΣΙΜ-Ω-ΝRev: ΚΛΑ-ZΟ-ΜΕΝΙ-ΩΝ in cross-divided square, monogram to left.</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 96, rare</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/mysia-kisthene-pigasus-pharnabazos-jpg.479303/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene. Pharnabazos, satrap</b></p><p>413-374/3 BCE</p><p>AE, 9 mm, 0.75 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head right, wearing bashlyk.</p><p>Rev: KIΣ.; forepart of winged boar right.</p><p>Ref: Troxell, Orontes 7</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_0cbd2acf9b6b41c59a66bfdd829c8d87.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_553,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_0cbd2acf9b6b41c59a66bfdd829c8d87.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene.&nbsp; Orontes, satrap</b></p><p>357-352 BCE</p><p>AE 10 mm, 1.25 gm </p><p>Obv:&nbsp; bearded head of satrap right, wearing tiara with diadem tied at rear; [below, K]</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; [OPONTA]; forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Troxell, Orontes 6</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_81bac47b659643d48786fd5022632dca.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_492,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_81bac47b659643d48786fd5022632dca.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>(same attribution as above)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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