Today was Cow Day for me
JCMhouston
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Since I live in Texas I thought it appropriate I add some cows to the collection, these are the Heritage pics:
Bas (ruled 376 BC – 326 BC), was the first independent ruler of Bithynia, the period in which this coin was made. The city of Calchedon (various spellings are used) was the site where Darius the Great of Persia built his Bridge of Boats to cross the Bosphorus in 512 BC for the Scythian campaign.
With several references in the Iliad, Mysia was part of the Achaemenid Empire (First Persian Empire - 550-330 bc) until the time of Alexander the Great.
Bas (ruled 376 BC – 326 BC), was the first independent ruler of Bithynia, the period in which this coin was made. The city of Calchedon (various spellings are used) was the site where Darius the Great of Persia built his Bridge of Boats to cross the Bosphorus in 512 BC for the Scythian campaign.
With several references in the Iliad, Mysia was part of the Achaemenid Empire (First Persian Empire - 550-330 bc) until the time of Alexander the Great.
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I don't have a Bithynian cow but I do have this nifty Byzantion siglos. Cow, surfing on a dolphin. Good stuff
COWABUNGA, surf's up!
THRACE. Byzantion
340-320 BC
AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm
Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left
Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern
Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21
darkly toned
I picked up a few pieces as well which I will share separately.
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Steve
Steve
I just got a nice Julian II bull from Bronzemat this week and hopefully I can get some pictures up later tonight. It's bronze of course but still in the same theme. :-)