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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2684167, member: 56859&quot;]Wow, that is a <b>fantastic</b> coin!&nbsp; I&#039;d have bought it in a heartbeat.&nbsp; The griffin is the most artistic I&#039;ve seen <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; The portrait of Philip II is outstanding too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another cool griffin, a recent pickup and a new favorite:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f76e3a591954457d9da4c80c34eaeefa%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=3cfcda10e1557d4a2dcd4f98000eecf4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-interesting-depiction-of-apollo.290702/#post-2642733" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-interesting-depiction-of-apollo.290702/#post-2642733">TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus</a></b></p><p>CE 251-253</p><p>AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: COL AV / TROA; Apollo, head right and holding kithara, seated facing on griffin springing right, head left</p><p>Ref: RPC IX 407; Bellinger A403</p><p><br /></p><p>A nice Philip II struck in Roman Egypt:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipii-hermanubis-tet-e3592-4c-r1-rt_edited-1-jpg.508256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged <b>caduceus</b> in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal (looking more like Disney&#039;s Pluto) left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676; Dattari-Savio pl. 264, 5079</p><p><br /></p><p>A nice seated griffin on an AR fractional of Teos:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_357c99335ed9459d9ba5906777a84ea6%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_357c99335ed9459d9ba5906777a84ea6%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=4d908d654b359dabff11d2ce151f04d0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>IONIA, Teos</b></p><p>AR diobol (reduced standard), 10 mm, 0.98 gm</p><p>Obv: seated griffin right, paw raised</p><p>Rev: lyre, THI, magistrate’s name[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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