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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1685205, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">Yah, I saw this little fella and it was love at first sight!! ...</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">SICILY</font></font></span><font size="3"><span style="color: #ff0000"><font face="Arial">, Akragas Æ Cast Onkia </font></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Circa 450-440 BC</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 19 mm</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 4.62 grams</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Eagle&#039;s head left</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Crab claw left</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 6h ... Near VF, brown patina</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">=&gt; almond shaped cast bronze ... sometimes referred to as the first bronze coin (perhaps a weight)</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH]253358.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]253359.vB[/ATTACH]</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; 2,500 years old ... man, that never ceases to amaze me!!</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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