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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4116367, member: 91461"]Hilarious thread idea [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER]! And Orbs is a beauty. But my heart belongs to a nymph. I'm obsessed. You might say I'm a nymph-omanic.</p><p>Her name...Arethusa:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067788[/ATTACH]</p><p>Dionysios I</p><p>Sicily, Syracuse</p><p>Æ Hemilitron, circa 405-400 BC. Head of Arethusa left; laurel branch behind / Dolphin right; cockle shell below, ΣVPA between. CNS 24; SNG ANS 417; HGC 2, 1480. 3.63g, 18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067787[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY, Syracuse</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Second Democracy (465-405 BC). Ae Trionkia.</p><p>Obv: ΣYPA.</p><p>Head of Arethusa right, dolphin to left and right.</p><p>Rev: Octopus; three pellets around.</p><p>HGC 2, 1428.</p><p>Condition: Very fine.</p><p>Weight: 3 g.</p><p>Diameter: 15 mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067785[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Syracuse. DeinomenidTyranny</p><p><br /></p><p>485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratchlike flaw in obvright field.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067786[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sicily, Syracuse</p><p>Deinomenid Dinasty (485-425), Litra, c. 470 BC, AR (g 0,78 mm 10), Laureate head of nymph Arethusa r., wearing earrings and necklace, dotted border, Rv. Σ-V-R-A, wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 402 SNG Copenhagen - SNG ANS 124-126.</p><p>Rare</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067789[/ATTACH]</p><p>CILICIA, Mint Uncertain </p><p><br /></p><p>400-350 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.58 g, 1 h). Female head facing, turned slightly to left, wearing earrings, necklace and flowing hair (Arethusa?). Rev. Facing head of Bes. Göktürk 44. SNG Levante 233. SNG France 486. Fine metal and attractive on both sides. Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex: Leu auction 4 Ex: Nomos Obolos 14[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4116367, member: 91461"]Hilarious thread idea [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER]! And Orbs is a beauty. But my heart belongs to a nymph. I'm obsessed. You might say I'm a nymph-omanic. Her name...Arethusa: [ATTACH=full]1067788[/ATTACH] Dionysios I Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemilitron, circa 405-400 BC. Head of Arethusa left; laurel branch behind / Dolphin right; cockle shell below, ΣVPA between. CNS 24; SNG ANS 417; HGC 2, 1480. 3.63g, 18mm [ATTACH=full]1067787[/ATTACH] SICILY, Syracuse Second Democracy (465-405 BC). Ae Trionkia. Obv: ΣYPA. Head of Arethusa right, dolphin to left and right. Rev: Octopus; three pellets around. HGC 2, 1428. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 3 g. Diameter: 15 mm [ATTACH=full]1067785[/ATTACH] SICILY. Syracuse. DeinomenidTyranny 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratchlike flaw in obvright field. [ATTACH=full]1067786[/ATTACH] Sicily, Syracuse Deinomenid Dinasty (485-425), Litra, c. 470 BC, AR (g 0,78 mm 10), Laureate head of nymph Arethusa r., wearing earrings and necklace, dotted border, Rv. Σ-V-R-A, wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 402 SNG Copenhagen - SNG ANS 124-126. Rare [ATTACH=full]1067789[/ATTACH] CILICIA, Mint Uncertain 400-350 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.58 g, 1 h). Female head facing, turned slightly to left, wearing earrings, necklace and flowing hair (Arethusa?). Rev. Facing head of Bes. Göktürk 44. SNG Levante 233. SNG France 486. Fine metal and attractive on both sides. Very fine. Ex: Leu auction 4 Ex: Nomos Obolos 14[/QUOTE]
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