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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1792266, member: 44183"]<font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="arial">Yup, I totally admit that I'm a sucka for these good ol' ancient error coins!!</font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="arial">=> hey, maybe they're not as valuable as their modern-day brothers, but Oh My God, how fricken cool is this coin??!! ... Cool!!!</font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font size="4"><font face="arial">ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion (Exephron, magistrate)</font></font></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font size="4"><font face="arial">AR Drachm Brockage Error</font></font></b></span></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Circa 200-37 BC</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 18 mm</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 2.95 grams</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; EXEΦΡΩΝ above</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Incuse of obverse</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Cf. Ceka 192–8; cf. Maier 204; SNG Copenhagen</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 12h … VF, toned.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 261 (</span></font></font><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">3 August 2011), lot 5</span><span style="color: #000000">3</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]289492[/ATTACH]</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]289493[/ATTACH]</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]289494[/ATTACH] </span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1792266, member: 44183"][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=arial]Yup, I totally admit that I'm a sucka for these good ol' ancient error coins!![/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=arial]=> hey, maybe they're not as valuable as their modern-day brothers, but Oh My God, how fricken cool is this coin??!! ... Cool!!![/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][SIZE=4][FONT=arial]ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion (Exephron, magistrate)[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][SIZE=4][FONT=arial]AR Drachm Brockage Error[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Circa 200-37 BC[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 18 mm[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Weight: 2.95 grams[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Obverse: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; EXEΦΡΩΝ above[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Reverse: Incuse of obverse[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Reference: Cf. Ceka 192–8; cf. Maier 204; SNG Copenhagen[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]Other: 12h … VF, toned.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 261 ([/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]3 August 2011), lot 5[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]3[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000][ATTACH=full]289492[/ATTACH][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000][ATTACH=full]289493[/ATTACH][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000][ATTACH=full]289494[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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