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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8142448, member: 56859&quot;]Your new Termessos double Bee c/m coin is <strike>the bomb</strike> the bee&#039;s knees <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; That owl c/m is so large it almost like an overstrike:.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have many c/m&#039;d coins but do have two of the ring die overstrikes.&nbsp; Still lacking the unrestruck version, which are harder to find.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lydia-sardes-germanicusdrusus-2nd-jpg.415005/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lydia-sardes-germanicusdrusus-1stexample-jpg.415004/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>LYDIA, Sardes</b> (... or maybe not)</p><p>Germanicus and Drusus</p><p>Struck CE 23-26?</p><p>restruck by Asinius Pollio, proconsul of Asia under Caligula, CE 37-38?</p><p>Æ26, 13.78 gm</p><p>Obv: ΔPOYΣOΣ KAI ΓEPMANIKOΣ NEIOI ΘEOI ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOI; Germanicus and Drusus seated left on curule chairs, one holding lituus.</p><p>Rev: ΓAIΩ AΣINNIΩ ΠΩΛΛIΩNI ANΘYΠATΩ; KOINOY/ AΣIAΣ within wreath</p><p>Ref: RPC 2995, Sear 365</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-puzzling-provincial-of-germanicus-and-drusus.264079/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-puzzling-provincial-of-germanicus-and-drusus.264079/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-puzzling-provincial-of-germanicus-and-drusus.264079/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s c/m on a Not-Nektanebo:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nektaneboeditedmedium-jpg.293734/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SYRIA, uncertain</b></p><p>3rd century CE</p><p>AE11, 4.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Ram leaping left, head reverted</p><p>Rev: Scales; countermark with helmeted bust right</p><p>Ref: Butcher 11 (uncertain northern Syrian mint); formerly attributed to Nektanebo II of Egypt (Weiser 1 Nektanebo II)</p><p><br /></p><p>And a c/m I still don&#039;t know much about on terrific coin from Cossura, featuring a coat hanger who has had enough (thanks for that accurate visual, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kossura-rt-jpg.1228491/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Islands off Sicily, Cossura</b></p><p>AE 25 mm, 10.07 gm</p><p>1st century BCE</p><p>Obv: Nike crowning bust of Isis to right; thymiaterion in field to right; REG counter-stamp to right</p><p>Rev: symbol of Tanit; COSSVRA below; all within wreath</p><p>Ref: Lindgren III, 37 (this coin); RPC 675. Calciati 6.</p><p><i>Ex: MM Germany, Stuttgart, James Joy collection, Auction 2007, lot 222</i></p><p><i>Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 64, 2012, lot 2157</i></p><p><i>Ex: Künker, Auction 318, 2019, lot 451</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I remember bidding hard on a beautifully c/m&#039;d <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=275511" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=275511" rel="nofollow">Gortyna drachm</a> in a CNG auction... and losing.&nbsp; Still wish I&#039;d pushed a bit more.&nbsp; Behold the wonder:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cngcoins.com%2Fphotos%2Fenlarged%2F3420235.jpg&amp;hash=e99a6bcb6a9f000639f078dac7a3a55e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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