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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1852405, member: 19463"]Velia AR didrachm 400-350 BC Athena / lunching lion There are several lion variations from Velia but this one is best because of the way the reverse fits the round format.  [ATTACH=full]309704[/ATTACH] Larissa fourree drachm 400-344 BC I like the style of this even though traditional scholars won't allow fourrees to have been produced at the mint.  I don't consider this one bad work.  I have a similar solid coin with just the horse in 'ready to roll' position but that is another story for another day. [ATTACH=full]309705[/ATTACH] Aspendos, AR stater 370-333 BC You didn't think you would escape this one again, did you?  Certainly my favorite of the 4th century we have the wrestlers and slinger but, moreover, the countermark of a bull with Aramaic legend LUY = Ba'al.  Of all the countermarked coins I have, this one has the best strike of the countermark doing the least damage to the rest of the design.  [ATTACH=full]309707[/ATTACH] The 5th and 4th centuries make up the greatest proportion of my Greek collection and selecting three has meant slighting some coins I like.  That will be less a problem as we move into the next centuries when egomaniac rulers placed their faces on most coins and the increase in large silver coins placed more of the better ones out of my price bracket.[/QUOTE]