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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2732482, member: 57495"]I really like the portrait on your LV didrachm. Mine has the mountain surmounted by a statue. Is it Helios as the sun rather than the star-sun on your coin? The deer and tree on the flanking rocks at the base of the mountain are what I like best about mine. I have no idea what the blue deposits are, but they're darker than they appear in the picture, even as the rest of the coin is lighter than the picture shows. I should really try to re-shoot this one. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]621777[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Gallienus from Tyre is a large one as well, and has Thoth-Hermes on the reverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]621780[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tyre had many interesting large provincial bronzes. One that I'd really like to have is <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=288914" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=288914" rel="nofollow">this one</a> showing Cadmus "presenting the alphabet to the Hellenes."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2732482, member: 57495"]I really like the portrait on your LV didrachm. Mine has the mountain surmounted by a statue. Is it Helios as the sun rather than the star-sun on your coin? The deer and tree on the flanking rocks at the base of the mountain are what I like best about mine. I have no idea what the blue deposits are, but they're darker than they appear in the picture, even as the rest of the coin is lighter than the picture shows. I should really try to re-shoot this one. [ATTACH=full]621777[/ATTACH] My Gallienus from Tyre is a large one as well, and has Thoth-Hermes on the reverse. [ATTACH=full]621780[/ATTACH] Tyre had many interesting large provincial bronzes. One that I'd really like to have is [URL='https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=288914']this one[/URL] showing Cadmus "presenting the alphabet to the Hellenes."[/QUOTE]
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