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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 5261226, member: 36818&quot;]<i>Io Saturnalia! </i>I want to thank my Secret Saturnalia person for sending me some wonderful coins — three Greek and one Roman provincial! A thoughtful and generous gift. I won&#039;t reveal the real name of the sender, since he chose not to include his CoinTalk handle.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a collector of Romans, so these are my first Greek coins. I appreciate the opportunity to expand my collecting horizons. All four coins come with tags that include some basic information about them, but I had fun researching these coins to try to describe them as thoroughly as possible. If anyone has any corrections please feel free to let me know. In order of oldest to newest, I&#039;ve posted photos I made of each of the four coins sent by my Secret Saturnalia giver below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219842[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Thessaly, Crannon (Krannon).</b> 350–300 BCE; Æ Dichalkon, 19mm, 4.87g, 11h. Rogers 179 var. (trident on rev.); BCD Thessaly I 1081.1 var. (same obv. die; trident on rev.); BCD Thessaly II 117.3 (same dies); HGC 4, 384. Obv: laureate head of Poseidon r. Rx: KP-A; Thessalian warrior on horse rearing r.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex BCD Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219840[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antigonos II, Gonatas.</b> Kingdom of Macedon, Pella or Amphipolis, 277/6-239 BCE; 17mm, 3.32g, 12h. SNG München 1090 var. Obv: helmeted head of Athena r. Rx: Pan standing r., erecting trophy; to l., club above wreath; to r., A; below, AI.</p><p><br /></p><p>––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219843[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Time of Mithridates II.</b> Pontos (Pontus), Amisos (Amisus), 105-65 BCE; 19mm, 7.80g, 6h. SNG BM Black Sea 1226. Obv: laureate head of Zeus r. Rx: ΑΜΙΣΟΥ; eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, head r.; star above in l. field, monogram.</p><p><br /></p><p>––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219841[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lucius Verus.</b> Syria, Cyrrhestica, Hieropolis; 161–9 CE. Æ24. 24mm 10.20g, 6h. BMC 36. Obv: laureate head r. Rx: ΘEAC CYΠI / AC IEΠOΠO / Θ, in three lines within laurel wreath. Rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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