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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8083753, member: 57495&quot;]Wow, where to begin... </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe at the beginning, with one of my earliest acquisitions.&nbsp; I&#039;d sell this awful Elagabalus provincial, but who on earth would buy it?&nbsp; Nor could I in good conscience gift it anyone. I guess I&#039;m just stuck with the old monster. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404178[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ELAGABALUS</b></p><p>AE25. 10.14g, 25.1mm. MACEDONIA, Thessalonica, AD 218-222. Varbanov 4444. O: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ΘΕCCAΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ, Nike advancing left, holding small Kabirus and palm branch.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may be cheating to include fourrées, but since there are actually some very nice ones out there, I feel I can be allowed to show a couple that are appropriate to the thread theme. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404179[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THRACE, Thasos</b></p><p>Fourrée Drachm (Holed). 2.74g, 15.8mm. ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos, circa 412-404 BC for prototype. Cf. HGC 6, 336. O: Ithyphallic satyr advancing partly to right, carrying protesting nymph; both in Classical style. R: Quadripartite incuse square. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404180[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p>Fourrée Denarius (Holed). 2.61g, 18.5mm. Contemporary plated forgery after Rome mint, circa 13 BC, C. Antistius Reginus (moneyer). cf. RIC I 410. O: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right. R: C • ANTISTIVS • REGINVS III • VIR, sacrificial implements: simpulum and lituus above tripod and patera. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite ugly coin, though, also happens to be the favorite coin in my whole collection: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404181[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CRETE, Gortyna</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.77g, 29.8mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. SNG Cop -; Svoronos 36/62 (same obv die as 36, pl. XIII, 10; rev of 62, pl. XIV, 9); BMC Crete pg. 38, 7/8, pl. IX. 6 (same obv die) and 7 (same rev die?). O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, head resting pensively on left arm, which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing to right, head turned back left to lick its flank.</p><p>Notes: <i>Overstruck on a stater of Knossos, circa 425-360 BC (Svoronos 23), with visible undertypes of the Minotaur on obv and Labyrinth of Knossos on rev.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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