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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2005739, member: 42773&quot;]Hey friends. Here&#039;s a coin I&#039;ve been looking to collect for over a year, but I could not find an example that satisfied me aesthetically and stayed in my cheapskate budget. Well today the hunt is over.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you follow these types, as common as they are, you&#039;ll know that even the high-end examples that CNG occasionally sells have their share of problems, mostly off-center strikes. I&#039;ve seen XF specimens that are wildly off-center sell for hundreds of dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>The budget examples have even worse problems. Sometimes they are harshly brick-cleaned, frequently the Gorgon&#039;s face is obliterated, either by a weak strike or wear, and Nike can be all over the map.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I decided to take another look at the offerings at vcoins and came across this piece. I would only grade it a gF, but there is enough detail in the Gorgon&#039;s face to satisfy me, Nike is nicely centered on the reverse, the legend AMIΣOY is all there, and it&#039;s even got the right-field monogram. There aren&#039;t any ugly flan anomalies, and the residue gives the devices a pleasing contrast. <u>And</u> the coin came well within my budget. It was not difficult to pull the trigger on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pontic Kingdom, Amisos</b></p><p>AE21, 6.95g; 85-65 BC</p><p><i>Obv:</i> Aegis with Gorgon head at center.</p><p><i>Rev:</i> Nike advancing right carrying palm branch. AMI-ΣOY in field with mongrams.</p><p>Reference: SNG XI Stancomb 688.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]360193[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the seller&#039;s image, to which I added a black background. I&#039;ll update the thread with my own pics when I receive it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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