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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2349915, member: 19463"]Everytime this comes up I show the same coins since I so rarely get a new one. You are paying more than I will. My favorite is in poor condition but I like it because it is related to a famous coin. This Syracuse hexas is 1/300 of their famous dekadrachm. While not pretty and not at all in demand, the hexas is quite scarce. Search and see how many you find compared to the big guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Syracuse AR hexas, 0.05g but exfoliation has removed half of its original weight</p><p>Arathusa head rt./2 dots 485-476 BC</p><p>The hexas is 1/6 litra; a litra is 1/5 drachm; that is 300 in a dekadrachm. I paid $54 for this one which is 1/300 of $16,200 or roughly the price for a low grade dekadrachm. Mine is not for sale but I would like an upgrade.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]478404[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am embarassed by my Athens tetartemorion. At 0.15g it is too big. I really wanted the hemitartemorion or half of it but have not found one yet. This is so off center that all we got was the helmet crest on Athena. A little imagination shows the A and theta above the crescent. I would not have bought this one but for the fact that I have not seen that many and decided on a space filler.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478405[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Three times as big is this 0,5g 3/4 obol (tritartemorion) presented without apology (ex NFA 1990 - the same sale had a nice tetartemorion on which I was outbid). [ATTACH=full]478407[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2349915, member: 19463"]Everytime this comes up I show the same coins since I so rarely get a new one. You are paying more than I will. My favorite is in poor condition but I like it because it is related to a famous coin. This Syracuse hexas is 1/300 of their famous dekadrachm. While not pretty and not at all in demand, the hexas is quite scarce. Search and see how many you find compared to the big guys. Syracuse AR hexas, 0.05g but exfoliation has removed half of its original weight Arathusa head rt./2 dots 485-476 BC The hexas is 1/6 litra; a litra is 1/5 drachm; that is 300 in a dekadrachm. I paid $54 for this one which is 1/300 of $16,200 or roughly the price for a low grade dekadrachm. Mine is not for sale but I would like an upgrade. [ATTACH=full]478404[/ATTACH] I am embarassed by my Athens tetartemorion. At 0.15g it is too big. I really wanted the hemitartemorion or half of it but have not found one yet. This is so off center that all we got was the helmet crest on Athena. A little imagination shows the A and theta above the crescent. I would not have bought this one but for the fact that I have not seen that many and decided on a space filler. [ATTACH=full]478405[/ATTACH] Three times as big is this 0,5g 3/4 obol (tritartemorion) presented without apology (ex NFA 1990 - the same sale had a nice tetartemorion on which I was outbid). [ATTACH=full]478407[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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