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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2279317, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I had a few too many grapes last night and offered to purchase a couple of sweet coins from my guy .... luckily, he&#039;d also had a few too many, so he sold them to me for peanuts!! (wine is good!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" 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">Here is one of the two cool coins that I scored last night ... </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Thrace, Maroneia AE23. Dionysos / Dionysos</span></b></p><p>Date: 189-45 BC</p><p>Diameter: 23.3 mm</p><p>Weight: 15.0 grams</p><p>Obverse: Wreathed head of young Dionysos</p><p>Reverse: Dionysos holding grapes and narthex stalks</p><p>References: SNG Copenhagen 643 var</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]455325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]455326[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">As you know, I already have a sweet AR TET edition (probably one of my most posted examples?!) ... below</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Maroneia, Thrace, AR Tetradrachm</span></b><span style="color: #000000"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Struck 168-148 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">31mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">16.+ grams </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse - Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy and with band across forehead.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse - ΔIONΣOY ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ MΑPΩNITΩΝ, Dionysus, naked, standing left, holding grapes and two narthex wards; two monogram in field, to left and right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Sear 1635</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: Previous owner&#039;s note =&gt; Ex Forest City Coins, London, Ontario, Proprietor – Mr. Keith Greenham – purchased in the 1980s.</span></p><p>Authenticated by David Sear</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]455327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]455329[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&quot;Please&quot; feel free to post any coin examples that tickle your fancy!! (ummm, that&#039;s a saying, right?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Examples could be coins from Thrace, coins with Dionysos, coins with grapes/wine ... or even photos from your summer vacation (it&#039;s free to everybody who likes coins)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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