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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2134153, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">It was definitely love-at-first-sight when I gazed upon this sweet beauty!! (yummy-yummy, eh?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Man, the portrait is uber cool, especially with that awesome crystallized etching!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... and although this baby doesn&#039;t feature an animal (my usual M.O.) I seem to be a complete sucker for a sweet amphora coin?!! (maybe a big keg gets my attention?!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; regardless, I hope that my coin-buddies enjoy this example as much as I do ... </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Lamia, AR Hemidrachm</span></b></p><p>Circa 350-300 BC</p><p>Diameter: 15 mm</p><p>Weight: 2.58 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath</p><p>Reverse: ΛΑMΙΕ ΩΝ, amphora; ivy leaf above; to right, prochous with handle to right</p><p>Reference: Georgiou, Mint 11; BCD Thessaly II 127.3; HGC 4, 120</p><p>Other: 3h … lightly toned, minor porosity</p><p><i>From the BCD Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]406773[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]406772[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Yup, you got &#039;er ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; &quot;please&quot; feel free to post absolutely anything you&#039;d like!! (even coins!!)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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