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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7792917, member: 83845"]Very nice coin. I like the cuirass on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my smallest is also from Magnesium Ad Maeandrum </p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/themistokles-the-first-portrait-coin-in-history-or-a-very-drunk-blacksmith.375234/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/themistokles-the-first-portrait-coin-in-history-or-a-very-drunk-blacksmith.375234/">Themistokles: The First Portrait Coin in History or a Very Drunk Blacksmith?</a></font></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337789[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum</font></p><p><font size="3">Themistokles, AR Hemiobol, struck ca. 465-459 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 8 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 0.24 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking /</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΘE monogram in dotted square border within incuse square.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Nollé & Wenninger 5a; Cahn & Gerin 8 = SNG München 585; SNG Copenhagen; </font></p><p><font size="3">Very rare.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my smallest bronze. The man who almost changed history!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337790[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Achaemenid Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Spithridates as Satrap</font></p><p><font size="3">AE10, mint in Ionia or Lydia, struck 334 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 10 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 1.5 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Head of Spithridates right, wearing bashlyk</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Forepart of horse right; TO monogram in upper left </font></p><p><font size="3">field, ΣΠ-I below and in right field</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 1538; SNG von Aulock 1823; Klein 367; Babelon, Perses 380</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Ryro Collection </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7792917, member: 83845"]Very nice coin. I like the cuirass on the reverse. One of my smallest is also from Magnesium Ad Maeandrum [B][SIZE=5][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/themistokles-the-first-portrait-coin-in-history-or-a-very-drunk-blacksmith.375234/']Themistokles: The First Portrait Coin in History or a Very Drunk Blacksmith?[/URL][/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]1337789[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum Themistokles, AR Hemiobol, struck ca. 465-459 BC Dia.: 8 mm Wt.: 0.24 g Obv.: Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking / Rev.: ΘE monogram in dotted square border within incuse square. Ref.: Nollé & Wenninger 5a; Cahn & Gerin 8 = SNG München 585; SNG Copenhagen; Very rare. Ex Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins[/SIZE] This is my smallest bronze. The man who almost changed history! [ATTACH=full]1337790[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Achaemenid Empire Spithridates as Satrap AE10, mint in Ionia or Lydia, struck 334 BC Dia.: 10 mm Wt.: 1.5 g Obv.: Head of Spithridates right, wearing bashlyk Rev.: Forepart of horse right; TO monogram in upper left field, ΣΠ-I below and in right field Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 1538; SNG von Aulock 1823; Klein 367; Babelon, Perses 380 Ex Ryro Collection [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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