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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2243905, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Well, I scored myself my first Sogdiana!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I was quite happy with the result, for the initial estimate was $100, but I scored it for $60 (plus junk) ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, after hearing medoraman mentioning these babies for so long I decided that I should check it out, so I did ... thanks medoraman (you&#039;re a great coin-friend)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. <i>Samarkand (Pre-Ikhshid)</i>. AR Obol </span></b></p><p>4th-5th centuries AD</p><p>Diameter: 11 mm</p><p>Weight: 0.42 grams</p><p>Obverse: Bearded male head left; [Sogdian legend around]</p><p>Reverse: Schematic soldier standing facing, hand on hip and holding bow</p><p>Reference: Cf. Senior A8.6i (for type); cf. Zeno 110045 (same)</p><p>Other: 12 h ... nicely toned</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]442925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442926[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>=&gt; how fricken cool, eh?</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">FYI =&gt; medoraman doesn&#039;t agree with the current coin&#039;s description and may have a few comments? ( I hope that he chirps-in ... otherwise, I&#039;ll be forced into translating his comments and that may result in a cloudy smoke-screen of bad coin-blah-blah)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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