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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 3018731, member: 83175&quot;]Well, the countdown to the Microdisney gig continues&nbsp; (2nd June - my last posting on this thread had a Microdisney song), but here&#039;s something different - a coin I waited a while before getting:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_EmporionDrachm2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A drachm of Emporion, in modern-day Spain.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the summer of 2008, I spent a few days in Catalunya.&nbsp;&nbsp; One day, I spotted a sign saying &quot;Ruinas&quot; and followed it for a look.&nbsp;&nbsp; The ruinas in question turned out to be of Emporion, a Greek and later Roman city on the shores of the Mediterranean.&nbsp;&nbsp; I spent a great day wandering around getting sunburnt and resolved to get a coin from there.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first I found was actually a modern Spanish €10 coin reproducing the drachm above, then I got a half-drachm (more-or-less the above type, cut in half) and then a small fractional coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Finally, in late-2010, I got this drachm.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reverse is struck from a very worn die, but it&#039;s otherwise a nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, here&#039;s the late, great Dave Allen telling a horror story - he&#039;s a good storyteller, irrespective of what he&#039;s saying!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]sqho4h8OcPI[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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