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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 1984565, member: 42034&quot;]Hi Ancient Joe,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, this is apparently the same piece.&nbsp; It&#039;s priced to open at 4500 CHF.&nbsp; My tendency is to research something a bit to find out what pieces go for and then attempt to buy something.&nbsp; At this point I discover that none of my research was useful and i have to pay 4X the highest ever recorded price to get something --which i am generally unwilling to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually I&#039;m not looking for the finest known of any type and for a Lydian trite, can afford to wait 3-5 years for a good price/ quality specimen. Perhaps the Weidauer book would be a good purchase before pursuing these further?</p><p><br /></p><p>Some years ago I attempted to buy what I thought was a pleasant but typical 14 g electrum&nbsp; stater of Miletus.&nbsp; This is the one with the reclining Lion.&nbsp; The piece brought 18K.&nbsp; The auction firm told me after the sale the piece was unusually golden &amp; went to a floor bidder.&nbsp; Maybe they thought the piece was 75% gold, hence the 18K bid?&nbsp; A dealer told me that the recent (ca. 1980&#039;s?) hoard of those consisted of 55 pcs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another coin of interest are the Lydian silver siglos series, I&#039;ve never been able to afford the gold in those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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