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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4925421, member: 96635"]Great post and coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Your last quote is my status for some time <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Happy birthday to my great (x30) grandfather.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://i.imgur.com/pq0UMfc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><b>Syracuse, Sicily - Pyrrhos AR Oktobol (278–276 B.C.). 'Old collection toning'.</b></b></p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b> </b>Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain leaves and pendant earrings; poppy seed behind.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΥΡΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing spear with her right hand and holding shield aloft in her left.</p><p>5.20g; 20mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Lmzemx3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Kingdom of Epeiros. Pyrrhos. Bronze coin (297–272 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Laureate head of Zeus Dodonaeus left.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Thunderbolt; above: B, below: ΠYP monogram; all within oak wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/VQn0Lsb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Kingdom of Macedon. Pyrrhos. Bronze coin (287–285 B.C. and 274-273 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Macedonian shield with monogram of Pyrrhos (ΠYP) in central boss.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BA - ΣI, with Labrys monogram in middle. Macedonian helmet within oak wreath.</p><p><b>Reference: </b>HGC 3 I, 272 (this coin); AMNG 1</p><p>4.13g; 17mm</p><p><br /></p><p>A HGC plate coin:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/12f9712c-23ec-477b-91ca-ef566f60d16d-jpeg.1126999/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>(Thanks [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] for the picture)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4925421, member: 96635"]Great post and coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Your last quote is my status for some time :) Happy birthday to my great (x30) grandfather. [B][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/pq0UMfc.jpg[/IMG] [B]Syracuse, Sicily - Pyrrhos AR Oktobol (278–276 B.C.). 'Old collection toning'. Obverse:[/B] [/B]Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain leaves and pendant earrings; poppy seed behind. [B][B]Reverse:[/B] [/B]ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΥΡΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing spear with her right hand and holding shield aloft in her left. 5.20g; 20mm [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Lmzemx3.jpg[/IMG] [B]Kingdom of Epeiros. Pyrrhos. Bronze coin (297–272 B.C.) Obverse:[/B] Laureate head of Zeus Dodonaeus left. [B]Reverse:[/B] Thunderbolt; above: B, below: ΠYP monogram; all within oak wreath. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/VQn0Lsb.jpg[/IMG] [B]Kingdom of Macedon. Pyrrhos. Bronze coin (287–285 B.C. and 274-273 B.C.) Obverse:[/B] Macedonian shield with monogram of Pyrrhos (ΠYP) in central boss. [B]Reverse:[/B] BA - ΣI, with Labrys monogram in middle. Macedonian helmet within oak wreath. [B]Reference: [/B]HGC 3 I, 272 (this coin); AMNG 1 4.13g; 17mm A HGC plate coin: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/12f9712c-23ec-477b-91ca-ef566f60d16d-jpeg.1126999/[/IMG] (Thanks [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] for the picture)[/QUOTE]
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