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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3015051, member: 51347&quot;]Nice MFB [USER=76919]@Jbruce[/USER] !&nbsp; I really like those MFB&#039;s and [USER=78411]@Nicholas Molinari[/USER] has a really cool book on them!&nbsp; &quot;Potamikon&quot;&nbsp; I have no problems with Unpublished Coins as long as it is from someone I trust, an expert, or a very trusted Seller...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>From the X6 Collection: And [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] has one also...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748467[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Trajan AE Dichalkon Laureate hd L Rhinoceros walking L LI-Z yr 17 CE 113-114 12.9mm 1.25g Emmet 719 var. rhino right APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED</p><p><br /></p><p><b>One that is NOT published in [USER=78411]@Nicholas Molinari[/USER] &#039;s book!&nbsp; (yeah, bummer) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; But I DO have one of his Plate Coins (not this one below, rather another MFB) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748471[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="5"><b>Uncertain of Western Asia Minor, ca. 5th c. BC, silver tetartermorion, 5mm, 0.15g</b></font></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Young male (female?) head r.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Forepart of bull r. <b>(No, it is not an MFB)</b></p><p><b>Reference:</b> Kayhan -</p><p><b>Grading:</b> VF+ , obv. o/c, slightly porous, toned, extremely rare</p><p><b>Comment:</b> This is an apparently unpublished type, with nothing matching the design in numerous references consulted. Lacking visible legends (and being almost certainly an anepigraphic type to begin with), the main clues would come from style, metrology and possible association with other types from the lot it came in. These are predominantly Western Asia Minor fractions (mainly in Attic or Milesian (hemi?)tetartemorion weight range) of the 5th c. BC. The forepart of bull with partly facing head is consistent with several types that K. Konuk in CNG Kayhan assigns to an &quot;uncertain mint of Karia&quot; - and more so than alternative depictions from, say, Magna Graecia or Cretan Gortyna - but they seldom appear facing right (cf. Kayhan 960) and even then invariably on larger denominations (cf. Kayhan 968). Above all, however, in those listings (which extensively cross-reference the related Keckman, Troxell, Rosen and Berry catalogs) there is no pairing with the present finely styled head, leaving this as another among the mysteries of Asia Minor fractional silver.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>FORUM ANCIENT COINS</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748473[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos, 305 - 281 B.C., Portrait of Alexander the Great</p><p>Silver tetradrachm, 14.309g, maximum diameter 28.7mm, die axis 180o</p><p>Ephesus(?) mint, c. 294 - 281 B.C.;</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) ΛYΣIMAXOY (Lysimachos), Athena enthroned left resting arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side, Athena holds Nike crowning name with wreath, ΣΠE(?) monogram under her hand</p><p>ex: Roma Numismatics e-auction 5 (23 Feb 2014), lot 353;</p><p><b>extremely rare</b></p><p>Ref:&nbsp;&nbsp; Apparently unpublished; Müller -, Thompson -, SNG Cop -, SNG Tübingen -, Armenak Hoard</p><p>Comment: VF, high-relief unusual style portrait, toned, tiny flan crack, light marks</p><p>This coin was previously attributed as Thompson 166, but that type has a bee under Athena&#039;s arm and a similar, but not identical, monogram in the exergue. We were unable to find another example of this type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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