Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2249630, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Hey, I am having to stay home and watch the kids (dogs) this weekend while my sweet wife and bro-in-law have driven-down to the big city where they&#039;ll enjoy a big ol&#039; Canadian Thanksgiving turkey-dinner with the rest of her family!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm okay, you caught me =&gt; I&#039;m gonna love the bachelor long-weekend alone with the hounds!! (hmmmmm, what should I do next? ... nothing? ... what a great idea!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sure, maybe that&#039;s not the spirit? (hey, I&#039;m heading-down at X-mas to spread stevex6 lovin&#039; during the holidays, so I&#039;ll try twice as hard and maybe I&#039;ll even wear a Santa-suit!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Question: What are the chances of me accidentally buying a coin while she&#039;s away? (anybody?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Answer: What is 100%? ......... correct!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">A couple of years ago, I went-off on a tangent and started a side-collection of coins from Rhodes (maybe a couple of you dudes remember that time period?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; regardless, I bought another addition to my cool subset-collection ... wanna see?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">ISLANDS OFF CARIA, RHODES, Æ35 DRACHM</span></b></p><p>Circa 31 BC-60 AD</p><p>Diameter: 35 mm</p><p>Weight: 21.87 grams</p><p>Obverse: Radiate head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath</p><p>Reberse: Nike standing right on prow, holding aplustre and wreath</p><p>Reference: Ashton, &#039;Rhodian coinage in the imperial period,&#039; Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies, 110-112. N.</p><p>Other: R. S. Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]444922[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; oh my ... it&#039;s a big baby, eh?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Wow, this would be the coolest golf-ball-marker &quot;ever&quot;</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in