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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2600394, member: 44183&quot;](December 24th)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b><font size="6">#2</font></b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b><b><span style="color: #ff0000">SICILY, Akragas. Æ Hemilitron</span></b></b></p><p>Late 5th century BC</p><p>Diameter: <b>28 mm</b></p><p>Weight: <b>14.71 grams</b></p><p>Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare</p><p>Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse</p><p>Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sicily-akragas-ae-counterstamp-a-jpg.472600/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sicily-akragas-ae-counterstamp-b-jpg.472601/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">SIDENOTE: Yah, I flip-flopped back and forth between tomorrow&#039;s #1 pageant winner and this runner-up #2nd choice ... obviously, I absolutely &quot;love&quot; both coins!!&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">This coin mixes two of my favourite coin-avenues </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; it&#039;s a winner from Sicily (one of my cool coin side-collections), plus it&#039;s an amazing counter-stamp (another one of my favourite coin side-avenues)</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">This is a sweet big chunky animal-coin, with a very cool counter-stamp of Herc wearing a lion headdress (yup, that &quot;stuff&quot; never gets old, eh?)</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; crab, crayfish, rabbit, eagle!! ... and then Herc with a fricken lion hat!!</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000ff">Fantastic coin, if I do say so myself!!</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></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b><b></b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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