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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2732263, member: 19463&quot;]Mentioned above, I had no idea these coins existed.&nbsp; First was a coin that the seller could not identify so I bought it as a challenge.&nbsp; It struck me as Spanish and turned up in a simple search of acsearch using the terms shell and dolphin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>AE16 Saguntum late 2nd century BC, Shell / dolphin over Iberian legend.&nbsp; I do not read Iberian but the letters looked like they should be Spanish.&nbsp; The dolphin is sylish.&nbsp; Condition could be better but it was a cheap junk box coin and educational.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]621634[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I did not have a Gallienus from Tyre but I have seen a number of really special types offered.&nbsp; What I found was a &#039;someone standing there&#039; in poor condition but it, too, was cheap enough that I wanted to see if I could learn anything.&nbsp; At least it came identified.&nbsp; The reverse figure was listed as Diomedes holding the stolen Palladium</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedes#The_Palladium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedes#The_Palladium" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedes#The_Palladium</a></p><p>&nbsp;but the appeal of the coin was at least partly the murex shell (supplier of Tyrian Purple) in the reverse field.&nbsp; Considering the low grade, the portrait looked to be of good style.&nbsp; What I got out of this was a nicely made, hefty AE28 that makes me want more from the series (preferably in better shape and with the premium reverses). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]621635[/ATTACH] </p><p>Yes, I guess I did steal my own thread and perverted it by adding two bronzes to a thread called &#039;silver&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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