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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3678545, member: 91461"]Man O' man. Where else, other then coin talk, can you find 50 cent and little bunny foo foo hanging out in the same thread in harmony???</p><p>Amazing stuff [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]! That Eutrurian Aes graves, among some amazing club coins, screams "best in club"... Or at least most primitive!</p><p>Though, it reminded me that I had left out another recently purchased Macedonian shield coin with a bad @$$ club that may be my favorite club:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]987697[/ATTACH]</p><p>I'll plagiarise myself from the, Follow the coin, thread, "In Liampi's 1986 study, probably the most comprehensive on this coinage to date, she says,</p><p>"Of particular interest is the type, which is found in a numerically small imprint, with omphalos as a shield boss (midfield) (nos. 160 ff.). The reverse image (Gorytos, Club, ear of grain, K) is identical with the reverse images of those imprints which depict the Herakles head on the obverse (Nos. 134 ff.). Parallel to this type of averaging exists another variant of the reverse, which retains the characteristic of this series helmet with the letter K and the ear as an example."</p><p>I believe this is an reference to the fact that this type very well may have been during Alexander's lifetime, despite missing the BA." </p><p>Alexander III 'the Great'</p><p>336-323 BC Ae. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor.Obv: Macedonian shield w/ omphalos boss. Rev: K. Bow in bow-case, club and grain ear.Price -; Liampi M 11; AMNG I 207-8 (Kallatis).</p><p>Diameter: 15mm</p><p>Weight: 2.16gr</p><p>Condition: Very Fine</p><p>Provenance: From a Private UK Collection. Ex: Ares numismatics[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3678545, member: 91461"]Man O' man. Where else, other then coin talk, can you find 50 cent and little bunny foo foo hanging out in the same thread in harmony??? Amazing stuff [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]! That Eutrurian Aes graves, among some amazing club coins, screams "best in club"... Or at least most primitive! Though, it reminded me that I had left out another recently purchased Macedonian shield coin with a bad @$$ club that may be my favorite club: [ATTACH=full]987697[/ATTACH] I'll plagiarise myself from the, Follow the coin, thread, "In Liampi's 1986 study, probably the most comprehensive on this coinage to date, she says, "Of particular interest is the type, which is found in a numerically small imprint, with omphalos as a shield boss (midfield) (nos. 160 ff.). The reverse image (Gorytos, Club, ear of grain, K) is identical with the reverse images of those imprints which depict the Herakles head on the obverse (Nos. 134 ff.). Parallel to this type of averaging exists another variant of the reverse, which retains the characteristic of this series helmet with the letter K and the ear as an example." I believe this is an reference to the fact that this type very well may have been during Alexander's lifetime, despite missing the BA." Alexander III 'the Great' 336-323 BC Ae. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor.Obv: Macedonian shield w/ omphalos boss. Rev: K. Bow in bow-case, club and grain ear.Price -; Liampi M 11; AMNG I 207-8 (Kallatis). Diameter: 15mm Weight: 2.16gr Condition: Very Fine Provenance: From a Private UK Collection. Ex: Ares numismatics[/QUOTE]
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