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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4316898, member: 99456"]I am just noticing the change in avatar too, is this a shift to "Domitianus Maximus"?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would debate the description of your coin as "worn-out" - it looks nice to me. This one was called gF by David Sear and although I am not sure what an expert might see as good style in these coins, it is one that I consider "<i><b>Worn but in the style I wish for</b></i>":</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097492[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thrace, Black Sea Coast, Istrus, AR Stater, circa 350 BC</p><p><b>Size</b>: 5.31g, 17.8mm, 12h or 6h</p><p><b>Obv:</b>Two young male heads facing, side by siude, the one on left inverted</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Sea-eagle standing left on back of dolphin left which it attacks with its beak, IΣTPIH above, I below the eagle's tail, AΓ ligatured below dolphin</p><p><b>Ref:</b> apparently unpublished variety, AMNG <a href="https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/162/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/162/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">pp 159-164</a>, Sear 1169[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4316898, member: 99456"]I am just noticing the change in avatar too, is this a shift to "Domitianus Maximus"? I would debate the description of your coin as "worn-out" - it looks nice to me. This one was called gF by David Sear and although I am not sure what an expert might see as good style in these coins, it is one that I consider "[I][B]Worn but in the style I wish for[/B][/I]": [ATTACH=full]1097492[/ATTACH] Thrace, Black Sea Coast, Istrus, AR Stater, circa 350 BC [B]Size[/B]: 5.31g, 17.8mm, 12h or 6h [B]Obv:[/B]Two young male heads facing, side by siude, the one on left inverted [B]Rev: [/B]Sea-eagle standing left on back of dolphin left which it attacks with its beak, IΣTPIH above, I below the eagle's tail, AΓ ligatured below dolphin [B]Ref:[/B] apparently unpublished variety, AMNG [URL='https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/162/mode/2up']pp 159-164[/URL], Sear 1169[/QUOTE]
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