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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2594439, member: 44183&quot;]<b><b><font size="4">(December 17th)</font></b></b></p><p><b><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></b></p><p><b><font size="6">#9</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>PONTOS, CHABAKTA, AE23 </b></span></p><p><b>100-85 BC</b></p><p><b>Diameter: 22.84 mm</b></p><p><b>Weight: 10.60 grams</b></p><p><b>Obverse: aegis with facing head of Gorgon in center</b></p><p><b>Reverse: Nike advancing right, carrying palm branch, [C]ABA KTΏN across, monogram ΔVI</b></p><p><b>Reference:</b></p><p><b>Other: RARE TOWN MINT</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontos-chabakta-nike-jpg.521198/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">SIDENOTE: this is one of &quot;7&quot; coins that I&#039;ve been hunting in my &quot;Aegis/Medusa &amp; Nike&quot; coin-avenue ... this sweet example is the second most difficult to acquire (sadly, the most difficult unicorn-coin still manages to escape my grasp!!)</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">However, this rare-city example has a cool-enough obverse and has an amazingly awesome reverse (it contains 7 out of the 8 letters in the city&#039;s name ... pretty rare for this coin-type)</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I&#039;m fairly sure that a few of you CoinTalkers will look-away and wait for tomorrow&#039;s coin ... but I hope a few of you realize how nice this example is and how awesome it makes me feel that I&#039;ve scored it!! (a total bright-light in my thrifty 2016 collection)</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">cheers, my little Aegis-buddy!!</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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