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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2418282, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Oh my God, he didn&#039;t buy &quot;another&quot; Rhodes example, did he?!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; yup, I scored another sweet Rhodes rose example for the ol&#039; side-collection!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Fortunately, this sweet new-comer was only a <b>$75-hammer</b> (which was under the initial estimate, so I was happy with my pick-up!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This is a big-baby ... <b>35 mm and over 20 grams of chunk!! </b>(it&#039;s gonna feel good in-hand)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sure, it has a pretty sizeable crack in it, but it has lasted 2000 years, so I&#039;m not too worried about it &quot;structurally&quot; ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">anyway, I hope you like my new bargain-basement Rhodes example</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Æ Drachm</span></b></p><p>Early-mid 1st century AD</p><p>Diameter: 35 mm</p><p>Weight: 20.73 grams</p><p>Obverse: Antigonos, magistrate. Radiate head of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath</p><p>Reverse: Nike right on rose, holding wreath and palm frond</p><p>Reference: RPC I 2756; BMC 364</p><p>Other: 2h … earthen green patina, crack running along reverse edge</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500664[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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