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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4284882, member: 57495&quot;]Nice buy, [USER=104887]@Broucheion[/USER]... it&#039;s great to see that ex x6 Zodiac drachm again. It seems I have two bull coins that are x6s as well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090411[/ATTACH]<b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p>AE28. 11.4g, 28.1mm. SPAIN, Celsa, 27 BC - AD 14. L. Baggius and Mn. Flavius Festus, duoviri. RPC 273; ACIP 3164c. O: AVGVSTVS DIVI F, laureate head right. R: C V I CEL L BAGGIO MN FESTO II VIR, bull standing right, head facing. </p><p><i>Ex Stevex6 Collection (CNG E316, 4 Dec 2013, lot 292); ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.5263)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090412[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>IBERIA (Islands off), Ebusus</b></p><p>AE Quarter Unit. 3.33g, 17.3mm. Circa 2nd century BC. ACIP 719; SNG BM Spain 318-21. O: Squatting Kabeiros (Bes?) holding club and serpent. R: Bull butting left.</p><p><i>Ex Stevex6 Collection</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>Two Sicilian bulls of Hieron II... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090413[/ATTACH]<b>SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II</b></p><p>AE Trias. 5.48g, 19mm. SICILY, Syracuse, circa 275-269/265 BC. SNG Cop 867; HGC 2, 1497 (controls). O: ΣΥPAKOΣIΩN, Head of Persephone left wearing wreath of grain ears. R: Bull butting left; club and TI above, IE below.</p><p><i>Ex Cardinal Joachim Meisner Collection</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090414[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II</b></p><p>AE Trias. 4.08g, 17.9mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Hieron II, circa 275-269/265 BC. CNS 199; HGC 2, 1497; Virzi 1924 (<i>this coin</i>). O:&nbsp; Wreathed head of Kore-Persephone left. R: Bull butting left; club and monogram above, IE in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), no. 1924</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Augustan bull...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090415[/ATTACH]<b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.23g, 20.1 x 17.2mm. Pergamum or Samos mint, circa 21-20 BC. RIC I 475; RSC 28. O: CAESAR, bare head right. R: AVGVSTVS, bull standing right.</p><p><br /></p><p>And a good ol&#039; man-faced bull...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090416[/ATTACH]<b>CAMPANIA, Neapolis</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 6.87g, 19.7mm. CAMPANIA, Neapolis, circa 290-270 BC. cf. SNG France 917; cf. Sambon 490. O: Head of nymph Parthenope left, hair bound with band, wearing earring and necklace; uncertain symbol behind (Helle on a ram, trophy, shield?). R: Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowing bull; NEOΠOΛITΩN in exergue. </p><p><i>Ex Cardinal Joachim Meisner Collection, acquired from Friedrich Redder, Leipzig</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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