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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1702596, member: 19463&quot;]Today was the small local club show in Richmond VA.&nbsp; There were 3 or 4 ancient dealers of which I patronized two.&nbsp; As promised, I tried to keep an open mind and bought a few things that spoke to me.&nbsp; I&#039;ll start here with the largest, ugliest and most expensive of the day&#039;s haul.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Demetrius Poliorketes, Macedon, 294-288 BC AR tetradrachm</p><p>Victory on prow / Poseidon</p><p>[ATTACH]259991.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a relatively common coin and probably one of the worst ones I have seen but those factors made it fall in my budget.&nbsp; I don&#039;t get many big Greek silvers.&nbsp; The legends are quite weak and I have not convinced myself of the mint yet (mark in reverse right field).&nbsp; The surfaces could be better but the only part that really bothers me are the scratches at reverse left.&nbsp; The photo fails to give a good view of just how thick and high relief this coin is.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]259993.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The type comes in some smaller silver denominations as well as the AE13 version I have owned for 20 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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