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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2285976, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">During the past three weeks, I have been dreaming about scoring this sweet over-strike ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; it&#039;s an awesome Minerva over-strike</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; on an Oiniadai, Akarnanian man-headed bull under-coin</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; it&#039;s a prow over-strike</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; on a sweet Zeus portrait under-coin</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, this baby can&#039;t lose!! (I absolutely love it!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Okay, sure =&gt; it&#039;s a bit weird and it&#039;s not a &quot;minty&quot; coin ... but oh my God</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; this may be the coolest coin in my collection ...&nbsp; I hope you dudes like it</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Anonymous. Overstruck Æ Triens </span></b></p><p>Canusium mint</p><p>206-195 BC</p><p>Diameter: 20 mm</p><p>Weight: 5.88 grams</p><p>Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva right; four pellets above</p><p>Reverse: Prow right; [CA] to right, four pellets below</p><p>Reference: Crawford 100/3; Sydenham 309c; RBW 450</p><p>Other: 12h … VF, brown patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overstruck on a “Zeus/man-headed bull” issue of Oiniadai, Akarnania (cf. BCD Akarnania 345-8)</p><p><br /></p><p>From the RBW Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (20 August 1986), lot 117</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457573[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]457571[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457574[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457572[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1iGoWBrJpk4/hqdefault.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, the big brown overstrike is my new baby (and the lil&#039; green example is merely a typical example of the host-coin) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... pretty cool, eh?</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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