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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2419704, member: 56859&quot;]Howdy, fellow Texan!&nbsp; Although I no longer live there, I visit as often as possible <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin!&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall seeing that type before.&nbsp; The reverse looks like a ram to me, with its face off flan.&nbsp; The depression inside the curve of the horn, combined with the off-face flan, makes it look like a bull&#039;s head.&nbsp;&nbsp; The rump and tail are ovine rather than bovine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any Thessalian bulls to share but the OP bull&#039;s pose is similar to this one, with more of a longhorn look:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_308a6bdbd24442b28076eb468c0b7786.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%26hash%3D54484212b956f2fd52625764285e391f&amp;hash=b0d1d7cb309acf84855eacb2393f2705" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EUBOIA, Eretria</b></p><p>357-267 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.1 gm</p><p>Obv: head of nymph Eretria left</p><p>Rev: head of bull facing, fillets from horns, EY above, satyr&#039;s head facing in right field [hmm, I can&#039;t really make much out of that blob]</p><p>Ref: Wallace pl. XI, cf 126.</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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