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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2169101, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">I purchased this interesting lil&#039; silver bobble from my favourite seller (coin-friend) last night ... I have always noticed it while I&#039;ve riffled-through his other examples, but until last night I&#039;d never really given it a second-glance ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... but for whatever reason, the coin leapt-out at me!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The sweet wolf-reverse is obviously within my go-to coin-wheelhouse (man, ya gotta love dem animal coins!!) .... but last night, the kinda weird abstract obverse of Baal was also grabbing my attention, ya know? </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Okay sure, maybe I&#039;d prefer a more artistically honed obverse, but for some strange reason this almost Celtic-like imitative version was just what the coin-doctor ordered, my friends!! (oh, and &quot;no&quot; I wasn&#039;t high on acid .... I must have merely been in the zone?!) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway =&gt; at $72 (delivered), I figured that this was a relatively inexpensive 2,300 year old Greek-addition to my wonderful lil&#039; animal menagerie ...</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Lycaonia, Laranda, AR Obol</span></b></p><p>Date: 4th cent. BC</p><p>Diameter: 10.6 mm</p><p>Weight: 0.4 grams</p><p>Obverse: Baal seated, holding grain ear, grape bunch, and scepter</p><p>Reverse: Forepart of wolf, crescent above</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]418588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]418589[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>... what the??</b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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