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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8113092, member: 56859&quot;]Good gawd!&nbsp; All I can do is laugh in amazement at each coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes, they are all of spectacular quality-- strike, artistry, state of preservation-- but also each is just so <b>interesting</b>! </p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations on a marvelous coin year, AJ <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few that somewhat align with your coins, albeit far less spectacular <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D13aeeb67753c1a66b76a9f743d5b210d&amp;hash=e8644cbd37f9b988c75c06388533f683" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF LYDIA, temp. Ardys - Alyattes</b></p><p>c. 620s-564/53 BCE</p><p>Electrum trite, 4.8 gm, 13.4 mm. Sardes mint.</p><p>Obv: head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead</p><p>Rev: two incuse square punches</p><p>Ref: Weidauer Group XV, 64</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antigonosiiidosontet-rt-jpg.949881/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE</b></p><p>struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint?</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm</p><p>Obv: wreathed head of Poseidon right</p><p>Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.</p><p>Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411695[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p><b>year 18, CE 133/4</b></p><p>Æ drachm, 32 mm, 23.3 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT KAIC TPAIAN A∆PIANOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis Pharia right holding a billowing sail with both hands and left foot, sailing toward the Lighthouse of Pharos, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (sea shell trumpet); L IH (year 18) above center</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1002.18[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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