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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2419726, member: 31620&quot;]I have a liking for horse/bull types. Here is my Pharkadon. Bull wrestling seems to have bee a right of passage in areas of Thessaly and several of the coins illustrate this.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Thessaly, Pharkadon, Hemidrachm </b></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Obv:– Youth wrestling or restraining bull, both to right.</p><p>Rev:– F/AR/KAD/O, forepart of galloping horse right</p><p>Minted in Thessaly, Pharkadon from .c. 440-400 B.C.</p><p>Ref:– SGCV I 2183; BMC Thessaly p. 42, 1; SNG Cop 209</p><p>2.825g, 15.5mm, 0 degrees </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Thessaly%201b%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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