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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1800155, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m going through the mixed lot from Goldberg now and boy, it&#039;s fun.&nbsp; It was a blind purchase.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t examine it in person and the description was merely &quot;34 mostly Greek and Roman bronzes&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was my backup purchase if I failed to get the coin I really wanted-- and I did fail (an aes grave).&nbsp; This is my consolation prize and it&#039;s a heck of a prize.&nbsp; There are a bunch of nice coins in the group.&nbsp; Plenty of things to post over the next few weeks.&nbsp; Some good trading fodder too, since I&#039;m not that interested in middle and later Roman Imperials.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;A few are fully attributed, some partially, and many with little to no info.&nbsp; This one had a mostly complete attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compared to others of the issue, this one is very nicely centered and has very good details.&nbsp; I like it quite a bit.&nbsp; A keeper.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]292191[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SICILY, Himera. AR litra</b></p><p><b>430-420 BC</b></p><p>11 x 12 mm, 0.68 gm (weight per label; haven&#039;t checked it, scale needs new battery)</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; bearded and helmeted head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Corinthian helmet right (the CNG label said <i>left</i>... an error or is this a different coin?&nbsp; Guess I&#039;ll find out when I weigh it)</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Lloyd 1029</p><p><i>ex CNG Sale XXV, lot 71, 3/24/93</i></p><p><i>ex CNA II, lot 31</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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