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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1902492, member: 9204&quot;]Some time back, I wrote a post explaining how many ancient coin firms describe pedigrees: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-to-describe-a-pedigree.223143/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-to-describe-a-pedigree.223143/">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-to-describe-a-pedigree.223143/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my best:</p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/2900057.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>THESSALY, The Oitaioi.</b> Circa 167-146 BC. </p> <p style="text-align: center">AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.30 g, 1h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Herakleia Trachinia mint</p> <p style="text-align: center">Lion’s head left, spear in its jaws</p> <p style="text-align: center">OITAI downward to right, ΩN downward to left, Herakles standing facing, holding club in both hands </p> <p style="text-align: center">Valassiadis 9; BCD Thessaly II 494 (same obverse die)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 290), lot 57; Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 199; Vinchon (20 May 1959), lot 483; M. Ratto 11 (16 May 1935), lot 239; R. Ratto (4 April 1927), lot 1023; Naville-Ars Classica V (18 June 1923), lot 1764</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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