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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1707504, member: 42773&quot;]One of my favorite coins is this proto-Nabataean bronze, which has a flying goddess overstruck on an eagle. On the reverse, under and around Nike, you can see elements of the eagle on the Ptolemaic host coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s13.postimg.org/4q20zb787/aretasiioverstrike2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of the type of coin that was used as a host. Everyone pursues the large, chunky versions of these coins, but the smaller ones are plentiful in higher grades, and much cheaper...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s22.postimg.org/jivjgxgn5/ptolemy1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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