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<p>[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 4301628, member: 106483"]<img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/Athens_CNG_GRIFFIN_2011.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting can become an obsession-if it can be collected someone will and this latest ( and last?) area of my obsession has the mark of one whose obsession went too far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apellicon of Teos was a rich peripatetic philosopher who loved books and visited libraries. Unfortunately he was caught pilfering from the library at Athens and went on the run.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the political situation in Athens was turning in his favour and he was allowed back and became a mint magistrate.</p><p>This is why he appears as first magistrate on this last ever three magistrate New Style with the symbol of a leaping griffin- the badge of Teos!</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point he was given the task of capturing the treasury of Delos but failed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Athens was besieged by Sulla in Autumn 87 and took the city in March 86. This coin is thought to have been produced in 88/7 but he was probably back in Athens when Sulla arrived autumn 87.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 4301628, member: 106483"][IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/Athens_CNG_GRIFFIN_2011.jpg[/IMG] Collecting can become an obsession-if it can be collected someone will and this latest ( and last?) area of my obsession has the mark of one whose obsession went too far. Apellicon of Teos was a rich peripatetic philosopher who loved books and visited libraries. Unfortunately he was caught pilfering from the library at Athens and went on the run. But the political situation in Athens was turning in his favour and he was allowed back and became a mint magistrate. This is why he appears as first magistrate on this last ever three magistrate New Style with the symbol of a leaping griffin- the badge of Teos! At some point he was given the task of capturing the treasury of Delos but failed. Athens was besieged by Sulla in Autumn 87 and took the city in March 86. This coin is thought to have been produced in 88/7 but he was probably back in Athens when Sulla arrived autumn 87.[/QUOTE]
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