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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4783414, member: 85693&quot;]Saturday night with a couple of new Greek Æs. </p><p><br /></p><p>As with the bulk of my collection, these are both cheapies from eBay ($4 and $8).&nbsp; In these photos I left the morning shadows in because it sort of indicates how chunky they are. </p><p><br /></p><p>The horse on this one from Kyme is just lovely, I think:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163215[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aeolis, Kyme&nbsp; Æ 20</b></p><p><b>(c. 250-190 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Magistrate Aristophanes</b></p><p>Head of Amazon Kyme wearing taenia right / KY [A]PIΣΤΟΦΑΝΗΣ, horse standing right, monogram beneath raised fore-leg.</p><p>Cf. BMC 59 (monogram);SNG Cop. 93; SNG Mün. 486.</p><p>(9.12 grams / 20 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Glossy dark patina with a scattering of ancient pits - I have worse!&nbsp; The colors are more matched than my photos show. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163214[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Macedon&nbsp; Æ 16&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Alexander III </b></p><p><b>(c. 336-323 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Macedonian Mint (Pella?)</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, with lionskin head-dress /AΛEΞANΔΡO[Y], between club</p><p>above &amp; bow and bowcase below; no symbols.</p><p>Price 266; Müller-; SNG Cop.-</p><p>(6.33 grams / 16 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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