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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8317030, member: 91461&quot;]Very wonderful archaic griffin and astragalus (knucklebone)!</p><p>Here&#039;s a young woman taking her chances &quot;letting the die (astragalus) be cast&quot;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472669[/ATTACH]</p><p>CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 370 BC. AR Obol. Female kneeling left, casting astragaloi / Youthful male head right.</p><p>Condition: Very Fine</p><p>Weight: 0,4 gr</p><p>Diameter: 10 mm</p><p>Purchased from NBS Aug 2021</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An astragalus of mine and a large 65 gr hunk of aes premonetale shaped like a knucklebone:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472670[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, to add to the unusual how about a strange weapon invented towards the end of the Roman wars with Macedon only referenced on this here coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472671[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>ThessalianLeague, Thessaly,Greece,</u></b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; c. 170 B.C. GB84862. Bronze chalkous, Warren, &quot;Two Notes,&quot; <i>NC</i> 1961, pl. I, 11; BCD Thessaly II 24.2; HGC 4 236; Rogers 4 var., VF, dark green patina, cleaning scratches, earthen deposits, Demetrias(?) mint, weight 2.535g, maximum diameter 14.7mm, c. 170 B.C.; obverse Macedonian shield with star in central boss; reverse kestrosphendone (dart sling) with dart inside, ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN divided in two lines, the first above, ending below; ex John Jencek;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b><i>The object on the reverse was long considered somewhat mysterious. Roger identified it as a lyre. Robinson suggested a diadem or more probably a sling. Warren argued it is a stylized depiction of a dart sling, or Kestrosphendone, a weapon first introduced during the Third Macedonian War between Rome and Perseus of Macedon. Warren suggests this type was struck at Demetrias, under orders from Perseus, to commemorate the success of the weapon.&quot;</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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