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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2860419, member: 57495&quot;]That&#039;s lovely, and very nice for the price... a cistophorus is on my List and I&#039;d love for it to be that type.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted a decent example of an argenteus of the Tetrarchy, and managed to check that box off last year with this one of Galerius.&nbsp; $340 shipped.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]680920[/ATTACH]<b>GALERIUS</b></p><p>AR Argenteus. 3.36g, 18.4mm. Rome mint, circa AD 295-297. RIC 35b. O: MAXIMIANVS CAES, laureate head right. R: PROVIDENTIA AVGG, the four Tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure; gamma in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Colts&#039; of Corinth and its colonies are something of a sub-collection of mine, and if an interesting or attractive one comes along, I try to pick it up if my coin budget allows.&nbsp; This less common one from Thyrrheion was $300.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]680924[/ATTACH]<b>AKARNANIA, Thyrrheion</b></p><p>AR Stater. Rare. 8.45g, 18.9mm. Pegasi 1; BCD Akarnania 373.1 (this coin); HGC 4, 917. O: Pegasos left, jumping off an uneven ground line; Θ below. R: Helmeted head of Athena right.</p><p><i>Ex Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind; Ex BCD Collection (Münzen &amp; Medaillen GMBH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 373.1; Ex Münzenhandlung FR Künker, Osnabrück 14 (1989), lot 5705</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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