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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2086966, member: 56859&quot;]I hope she recovers uneventfully, Bing.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Favorite food and beverage?</p><p><br /></p><p>Boring, but these tie as favorite beverages:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]389950[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As for food, I agree with Noob.&nbsp; A good Indian curry is always welcome.&nbsp; Better though is Thai... panang curry, garee curry, musman curry, etc.&nbsp; And always always always with a bowl of super yummy Tom Kah Gai soup:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.baansabaijai.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tom-kha-gai-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d eat Ethiopian regularly if there were any restaurants in my neck of the woods.&nbsp; I&#039;ve tried and failed to make injera several times, once causing mild food poisoning <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Injera a fascinating and very tasty Ethiopian flatbread/crepe/pancake upon which the food is piled.&nbsp; You also use the bread to grab mouthfuls of the stewed food.&nbsp; Mmm mmm good.</p><p><img src="http://www.paisleyprintshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/injera.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for favorite ancient coin, it&#039;s so difficult to choose!&nbsp; I love all (well, most) of my coins.&nbsp; I guess good ol&#039; Arethusa is still the winner but I&#039;ve posted that Agathokles tet so many times.&nbsp; Instead, here&#039;s my awesome Selinos litra.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]389952[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos.</b></p><p><b>Circa 410 BCE</b></p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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