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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3568817, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kisthenepigasusrt-jpg.714605/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene</b></p><p><i>Orontes</i>, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE</p><p>AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm</p><p>Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready</p><p>Rev: Forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock</p><p>Very rare.</p><p><i>ex X6 Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]949881[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE</b></p><p>struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint?</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm</p><p>Obv: wreathed head of Poseidon right</p><p>Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.</p><p>Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttp%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_9effb1776b794e359287c5578b438245.jpg_srb_p_1000_511_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%2525252526hash%252525253D9a7900e5187cb8049c77ca56a9ca69c3%25252526hash%2525253D6cc47a2c4afe2d83419315b1485e46c6%252526hash%25253D0e258550152b9673bdad0544001a4c91%2526hash%253D9e35a23f8475f3ea183c8dc6b9c4334b%26hash%3D3d91bf1065becd918ec7ccf3d2079e8f&amp;hash=2a28408b050ad0475f6b0ff51d8568d4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus</b></p><p>AE 18 mm, 2.8 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩ NΠPOCICTPO N, Priapus standing left, drawing back his cloak to expose his phallus, bowl of fruit balanced on phallus, right hand extended pouring from patera</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3811, AMNG 2022 (I own neither of those references and cannot verify the numbers)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/juliadomnapriapusnicopolisadistrummoesiainferior-jpg.414455/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum</b></p><p><b>Julia Domna, Augusta</b></p><p>AE 22 mm, 4.5 gm</p><p>Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CEBAC; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICT; ithyphallic Priapus standing right</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 2858</p><p><br /></p><p>Herakles is often depicted nude. You&#039;d think he&#039;d want to protect his dangly bits while wrestling lions...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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