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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2682582, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Amazing, yes?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; $70 hammer scored me this gorgeous example!! (maybe it&#039;s just me? =&gt; seems like money well spent!?) ... okay sure, my sweet wife may beg to differ?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">A fricken gorgeous feminine portrait of Apollo + a super-cool Athena, with weapons!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; it was a no brainer!! ... I wanted this coin!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Yup, and then when I ended-up scoring it $30 under initial estimate =&gt; cha-fricken-ching!!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Thessalian League. AR Drachm</span></b></p><p>Ma–, magistrate</p><p>Mid-late 2nd century BC</p><p>Diameter: 18 mm</p><p>Weight: 3.99 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right; monogram to left</p><p>Reverse: ΘΕΣΣΑ-ΛΩ[Ν], Athena Itonia right; M-A across field</p><p>Reference: BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 889.2; HGC 4, 213</p><p>Other: 9h … VF, toned, minor porosity and some scratches</p><p><i>From the BCD Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]599996[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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