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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7893731, member: 56859"]Oooh, nice Larissa, Scooby! Her nose and mouth aren't even smooshed. The Dionysos I hemilitron isn't a type you see every day and it's a winner <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like I have only one Larissa and it's Larissaless but it does have Achilles, Thetis, and a hippocamp so that's pretty dang cool <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thessaly-larissakremaste-achilles-thetahippocamp-border-jpg.628806/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THESSALY, Larissa Kremaste</b></p><p>4th century BCE</p><p>Æ Trichalkon; 16mm, 6.0 g</p><p>Obv: head of Achilles left</p><p>Rev: ΛΑΡΙ; Thetis, holding shield of Achilles with AX (=Achilles) monogram, seated left on hippocamp</p><p>Ref: BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 403.1; HGC 4, 13</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex Hopper Collection (Sotheby’s, 9 March 1989), lot 519 (part)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>You called for Arethusa? Can do <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</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%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%2526hash%253D8fcd1894533ec93630413e836bfc6cc5%26hash%3D7dea61ccb90f0498bca9d71f14fb7660&hash=234ee9318968e225ff518172658f3e25" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles</b></p><p>struck 310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637</p><p>The story of its acquisition is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>A maybe-Arethusa:</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%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1000%252525252Ch_510%252525252Cal_c%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D4e05fb18eb697a4cd90a57ad3fdcf5b7%252526hash%25253D9b604e820ba1f5fb33f4613a594a4a6a%2526hash%253Def229d2b1f97328be9bd81f41417c1c0%26hash%3D5b7b75cfd11949136e5fb331bde6a40f&hash=c9be810f4954c83cb7f5555f1cfb7cd7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy</b></p><p>c. 425 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Female head right (Arethusa?); XXX before; X behind</p><p>Rev: Hippocamp right, octopus below</p><p>Ref: CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382; rare[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7893731, member: 56859"]Oooh, nice Larissa, Scooby! Her nose and mouth aren't even smooshed. The Dionysos I hemilitron isn't a type you see every day and it's a winner :). Looks like I have only one Larissa and it's Larissaless but it does have Achilles, Thetis, and a hippocamp so that's pretty dang cool :D. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thessaly-larissakremaste-achilles-thetahippocamp-border-jpg.628806/[/IMG] [B]THESSALY, Larissa Kremaste[/B] 4th century BCE Æ Trichalkon; 16mm, 6.0 g Obv: head of Achilles left Rev: ΛΑΡΙ; Thetis, holding shield of Achilles with AX (=Achilles) monogram, seated left on hippocamp Ref: BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 403.1; HGC 4, 13 [I]Ex BCD Collection Ex Hopper Collection (Sotheby’s, 9 March 1989), lot 519 (part)[/I] [I][/I] You called for Arethusa? Can do :D. [IMG]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%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%2526hash%253D8fcd1894533ec93630413e836bfc6cc5%26hash%3D7dea61ccb90f0498bca9d71f14fb7660&hash=234ee9318968e225ff518172658f3e25[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles[/B] struck 310-305 BCE AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?) Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637 The story of its acquisition is [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/']here[/URL]. A maybe-Arethusa: [IMG]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%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1000%252525252Ch_510%252525252Cal_c%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D4e05fb18eb697a4cd90a57ad3fdcf5b7%252526hash%25253D9b604e820ba1f5fb33f4613a594a4a6a%2526hash%253Def229d2b1f97328be9bd81f41417c1c0%26hash%3D5b7b75cfd11949136e5fb331bde6a40f&hash=c9be810f4954c83cb7f5555f1cfb7cd7[/IMG] [B]Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy[/B] c. 425 BCE Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm Obv: Female head right (Arethusa?); XXX before; X behind Rev: Hippocamp right, octopus below Ref: CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382; rare[/QUOTE]
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