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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1988112, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">Great coin, AJ ... another trophy-coin (congrats)</span> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">=> oh, and very sharp lookin' coins from the gallery-gang as well (bravo!)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">As per usual when I'm posing-down beside one of Joe's coins, I will preface that my humble example is not nearly as stunning ... but also as per usual, I'll toss-in that "I love my coin" (my example certainly comes equipped with a massive steroid-horse and a very cool "club" control-mark found underneath the horse's ripped body)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">... yup, my horse is so massive that the craftsman had to run all of the Greek letters together on one line on the reverse!! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Kingdom of Macedon, Phillip I, AR Tetradrachm</span></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Thraco-Macedonian standard</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Pella Mint</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">336/5-329/8 BC (Posthumous issue)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 24.34 mm</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 14.0 grams</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Laureate head of the Olympian Zeus, with curly hair and curly close-cropped beard</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY above naked youth on horse pacing right, holding long palm branch, club right below horse's belly</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: info taken directly from David Sear's Certificate of Authenticity</span> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]355639[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355640[/ATTACH] </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... again, that's a pretty fantastic addition you've got there, AJ (good pickin')</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1988112, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#0000ff]Great coin, AJ ... another trophy-coin (congrats)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]=> oh, and very sharp lookin' coins from the gallery-gang as well (bravo!)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]As per usual when I'm posing-down beside one of Joe's coins, I will preface that my humble example is not nearly as stunning ... but also as per usual, I'll toss-in that "I love my coin" (my example certainly comes equipped with a massive steroid-horse and a very cool "club" control-mark found underneath the horse's ripped body) ... yup, my horse is so massive that the craftsman had to run all of the Greek letters together on one line on the reverse!! [/COLOR] ;) [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Kingdom of Macedon, Phillip I, AR Tetradrachm[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Thraco-Macedonian standard[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Pella Mint[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]336/5-329/8 BC (Posthumous issue)[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 24.34 mm[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Weight: 14.0 grams[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Obverse: Laureate head of the Olympian Zeus, with curly hair and curly close-cropped beard[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Reverse: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY above naked youth on horse pacing right, holding long palm branch, club right below horse's belly[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]Reference: info taken directly from David Sear's Certificate of Authenticity[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][ATTACH=full]355639[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355640[/ATTACH] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]... again, that's a pretty fantastic addition you've got there, AJ (good pickin')[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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