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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4516274, member: 85693&quot;]I am resurrecting this thread because like Bing, I too got a couple of goats butting heads and likewise got a little confused while trying to attribute them.&nbsp; While poking around the Web, I came across this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>This thread as it is pretty much clarifies things (Barry Murphy’s post does it succinctly), but I thought I would show both types of “butting goats” together in a single photo. </p><p><br /></p><p>One is from Amphipolis (Artemis Tauropolos obv. on the left) and the other from Thessalonica (Zeus obv. on the right).&nbsp; They are roughly the same size and same general fabric (the deep-dish flan that seems to be typical of Macedonian AEs from this era).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119011[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Amphipolis, Macedonia&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ19 </b></p><p><b>under Philip V to Perseus </b></p><p><b>(c. 187-168 B.C.)</b></p><p>Diademed head of Artemis Tauropoulos (or Apollo) right / AMΦ-IΠO-ΛI-TΩ-N across fields, two goats standing on hind legs, fighting, monograms ΦΕ left and ΓA right.</p><p>SNG ANS 114-117; SG 1394.</p><p>(7.56 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b>Thessalonica, Macedonia&nbsp; Æ19 </b></b></p><p><b>(c. 187 - 168 B.C.)</b></p><p>Laureate head of Zeus right / [Θ]E / [Σ]ΣA[ΛO] / NIKHΣ, Two goats butting heads.</p><p>Moushmov 6595; SNG Cop 350.</p><p>(6.94 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I found quite a few examples of both type in auction records, Vcoins, etc.&nbsp; But condition is a real problem with these – they were used hard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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