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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2527791, member: 57495"]Cool! They appear to be less common with the dolphin wrapped around the trident. Yours seems to be a variant of Varbanov 496, which is this dolphin-around-trident type, but with the obverse legend AVT MAΞIMEINOC EVCEB AVΓ. On your coin I believe the legend reads AVT MAΞIMEINOC EVCEBHC AVΓ (HC and VΓ ligate).</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: here's an example of Varbanov 496 from acsearch - </p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1646936" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1646936" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1646936</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have to confess a weakness for Greek bronzes from cities I've never heard of before, so I'm looking forward to seeing yours. I'm often pleased to find they come in grades and prices that are wallet-friendly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2527791, member: 57495"]Cool! They appear to be less common with the dolphin wrapped around the trident. Yours seems to be a variant of Varbanov 496, which is this dolphin-around-trident type, but with the obverse legend AVT MAΞIMEINOC EVCEB AVΓ. On your coin I believe the legend reads AVT MAΞIMEINOC EVCEBHC AVΓ (HC and VΓ ligate). Edited to add: here's an example of Varbanov 496 from acsearch - [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1646936[/url] I have to confess a weakness for Greek bronzes from cities I've never heard of before, so I'm looking forward to seeing yours. I'm often pleased to find they come in grades and prices that are wallet-friendly :D.[/QUOTE]
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