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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2671275, member: 56859"]I'm turning it off now before I do something stupid. I bid on 4 coins and won one-- just a little 40 EUR snack-- a [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]-stalking snack. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Uneven strike? Worn? Poor centering? Yep, yep, and yep. But desirable nonetheless. Now I've completed my micro-set of Apollonian Fires of the Nymphaeum (with bunny bashing stick) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/101/91299_1486671746.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>c. 81-60 BCE</p><p>Aibatios and Chairenos, magistrates</p><p>AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.22 g</p><p>Obv: AIBATIOΣ; cow standing left, suckling calf standing right below; in exergue, grain ear left.</p><p>Rev: AΠOΛ / XAIPHNOΣ; fire of the Nymphaeumn and lagobolon within linear frame.</p><p>Ref: Maier 120; SNG Copenhagen 398; HGC 3.1, 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's its mate:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-nymphaeumdiobol-jpg.518311/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>c. 1st century BCE</p><p>AR 15 mm, 1.25 gm</p><p>Obv: AI-NEA; fires of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; dotted border</p><p>Rev: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATAN, lagobolon; dotted border</p><p>Ref: BMC 44; Maier 121</p><p><i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-nymphaeum-the-nymphaeum-the-nymphaeum-is-on-fire.272860/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-nymphaeum-the-nymphaeum-the-nymphaeum-is-on-fire.272860/">Zumbly's writeup of the type</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2671275, member: 56859"]I'm turning it off now before I do something stupid. I bid on 4 coins and won one-- just a little 40 EUR snack-- a [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]-stalking snack. :D Uneven strike? Worn? Poor centering? Yep, yep, and yep. But desirable nonetheless. Now I've completed my micro-set of Apollonian Fires of the Nymphaeum (with bunny bashing stick) :). [IMG]https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/101/91299_1486671746.jpg[/IMG] [B]ILLYRIA, Apollonia[/B] c. 81-60 BCE Aibatios and Chairenos, magistrates AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.22 g Obv: AIBATIOΣ; cow standing left, suckling calf standing right below; in exergue, grain ear left. Rev: AΠOΛ / XAIPHNOΣ; fire of the Nymphaeumn and lagobolon within linear frame. Ref: Maier 120; SNG Copenhagen 398; HGC 3.1, 5. Here's its mate: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-nymphaeumdiobol-jpg.518311/[/IMG] [B]ILLYRIA, Apollonia[/B] c. 1st century BCE AR 15 mm, 1.25 gm Obv: AI-NEA; fires of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; dotted border Rev: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATAN, lagobolon; dotted border Ref: BMC 44; Maier 121 [I][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-nymphaeum-the-nymphaeum-the-nymphaeum-is-on-fire.272860/']Zumbly's writeup of the type[/URL][/I][/QUOTE]
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