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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2331144, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I've been watching this cool example for weeks (yah, I must admit that I even pulled-in TIF and Doug for coin back-up)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I was expecting to pay 3 x estimate for this cool counter-stamped example, so I was very pleased when I scored it for its initial estimate price (<b>$100 hammer</b>)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Hey, I love Sicily coins, so this baby falls right into my cool collection ... I love animals and I adore counter-stamps so I'm thinking that this CNG score is a total winner!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">cheers, either way ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">SICILY, Akragas. Æ Tetras (Hemilitron?)</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Late 5th century BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 28 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 14.71 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472601[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2331144, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff]Yah, I've been watching this cool example for weeks (yah, I must admit that I even pulled-in TIF and Doug for coin back-up) I was expecting to pay 3 x estimate for this cool counter-stamped example, so I was very pleased when I scored it for its initial estimate price ([B]$100 hammer[/B]) Hey, I love Sicily coins, so this baby falls right into my cool collection ... I love animals and I adore counter-stamps so I'm thinking that this CNG score is a total winner!! cheers, either way ... [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#ff0000]SICILY, Akragas. Æ Tetras (Hemilitron?)[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000000]Late 5th century BC Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 14.71 grams Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM[/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]472600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472601[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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