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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 1884645, member: 56859"]Guess it pays to clean the house once in a while <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Found this under a piece of furniture in my workroom. It must've come from the large mixed lot purchased at a Goldberg auction last year. I remember counting the envelopes several times, came up one less than expected but shrugged it off a mistake. Unlike most from that lot, this one has an attribution typed on the old paper envelope. I have not verified the reference as the comparable coins I've found on wildwinds and CNG cite SNG and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]320250[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. <i>Rhodes</i>. </b></p><p>350-300 BC (per various online sources; envelope date is more narrow, 333-304 BC)</p><p>Æ 10 mm, 1.4 gm</p><p>Obv: diademed head of Rhodos right</p><p>Rev: rose with bud to right (and something to the left); presumably P-O below</p><p>Ref: BMC 82-4 (from envelope)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]320251[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]320252[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 1884645, member: 56859"]Guess it pays to clean the house once in a while :D Found this under a piece of furniture in my workroom. It must've come from the large mixed lot purchased at a Goldberg auction last year. I remember counting the envelopes several times, came up one less than expected but shrugged it off a mistake. Unlike most from that lot, this one has an attribution typed on the old paper envelope. I have not verified the reference as the comparable coins I've found on wildwinds and CNG cite SNG and others. [ATTACH=full]320250[/ATTACH] [B]ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. [I]Rhodes[/I]. [/B] 350-300 BC (per various online sources; envelope date is more narrow, 333-304 BC) Æ 10 mm, 1.4 gm Obv: diademed head of Rhodos right Rev: rose with bud to right (and something to the left); presumably P-O below Ref: BMC 82-4 (from envelope) [ATTACH=full]320251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]320252[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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