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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1881261, member: 44183"]<font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Hey TIF => wow, when you were "communicating" about this coin I was unaware that it cost "that much" ... ummm, I actually have no idea how much your new coin cost, but people are talking about it as though it must have cost quite a bit?</span></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Yup Princess => your new coin is gorgeous!!!</span></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, but I digress ... here are a couple of my far more humble <b>Agathocles offerings</b> ... hopefully your sweet coin will make them feel at home ... </span></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Sicilia, Syracuse Agathocles AE </b></span></font></p><p><font size="4">Weight: 9.7 grams </font></p><p><font size="4">Obverse: head of Kore-Persephone left, wreathed with grain</font></p><p><font size="4">Reverse: bull butting left, dolphin and above, dolphin below</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]319171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]319172[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Sicily, Syracuse: Agathokles Æ24</b></span></font></p><p><font size="4">317-289 BC</font></p><p><font size="4">Diameter: 23.9mm</font></p><p><font size="4">Weight: 9.26gm</font></p><p><font size="4">Obverse: Diademed head of the young Herakles left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before </font></p><p><font size="4">Reverse: The Nemean lion striding right, club above, ΣΩ in exergue</font></p><p><font size="4">Reference: Calciati II, p290, 150, R1 7; c.f. SNG ANS 733ff</font></p><p><font size="4">Other: superior portrait with sculpted features usually represented by simpler forms</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]319173[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]319174[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1881261, member: 44183"][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]Hey TIF => wow, when you were "communicating" about this coin I was unaware that it cost "that much" ... ummm, I actually have no idea how much your new coin cost, but people are talking about it as though it must have cost quite a bit?[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]Yup Princess => your new coin is gorgeous!!![/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]Oh, but I digress ... here are a couple of my far more humble [B]Agathocles offerings[/B] ... hopefully your sweet coin will make them feel at home ... [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][B]Sicilia, Syracuse Agathocles AE [/B][/COLOR] Weight: 9.7 grams Obverse: head of Kore-Persephone left, wreathed with grain Reverse: bull butting left, dolphin and above, dolphin below[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]319171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]319172[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][B]Sicily, Syracuse: Agathokles Æ24[/B][/COLOR] 317-289 BC Diameter: 23.9mm Weight: 9.26gm Obverse: Diademed head of the young Herakles left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before Reverse: The Nemean lion striding right, club above, ΣΩ in exergue Reference: Calciati II, p290, 150, R1 7; c.f. SNG ANS 733ff Other: superior portrait with sculpted features usually represented by simpler forms[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]319173[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]319174[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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