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<p>[QUOTE="zadie, post: 8176642, member: 114699"]I have recently had to endure a significant lack of targets. This has made it extremely hard to deny the little coin devil on my shoulder telling me to buy everything in sight...</p><p><br /></p><p>Jokes aside, things have been extremely dry for me lately. My primary collecting area contains coins that are all relatively rare and do not come up for sale often. Thus I find myself having to "pass the time" with other coins that I find interesting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Browsing Stack's NYINC sale I came upon a BEEautiful "bee type" issued by Lysimachus in Ephesus. Having already acquired a drachm featuing a nice bee I thought they'd complete a nice little set together. I placed a reasonably low pre-bid and to my suprise, I won!</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to the beehive.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429030[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR Tetradrachm in the name and type of Alexander III. Ephesus. Struck 295/4 - 289/8 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. In the left field, bee above [E]ΦE. 17.01 g, 25.5 mm. Price 1876. Graded by NGC: EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5. Stack's NYINC Auction Jan 2022, lot 6077</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1429035[/ATTACH] </font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Kings of Macedon. Alexander III (336-323 BC). AR Drachm. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Struck 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. In left field, bee to right; In the right field, spearhead. 4.21 g, 17 mm. Price 1937</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zadie, post: 8176642, member: 114699"]I have recently had to endure a significant lack of targets. This has made it extremely hard to deny the little coin devil on my shoulder telling me to buy everything in sight... Jokes aside, things have been extremely dry for me lately. My primary collecting area contains coins that are all relatively rare and do not come up for sale often. Thus I find myself having to "pass the time" with other coins that I find interesting :oops: Browsing Stack's NYINC sale I came upon a BEEautiful "bee type" issued by Lysimachus in Ephesus. Having already acquired a drachm featuing a nice bee I thought they'd complete a nice little set together. I placed a reasonably low pre-bid and to my suprise, I won! Welcome to the beehive. [ATTACH=full]1429030[/ATTACH] [CENTER][SIZE=3]Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR Tetradrachm in the name and type of Alexander III. Ephesus. Struck 295/4 - 289/8 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. In the left field, bee above [E]ΦE. 17.01 g, 25.5 mm. Price 1876. Graded by NGC: EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5. Stack's NYINC Auction Jan 2022, lot 6077[/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [ATTACH=full]1429035[/ATTACH] Kings of Macedon. Alexander III (336-323 BC). AR Drachm. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Struck 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. In left field, bee to right; In the right field, spearhead. 4.21 g, 17 mm. Price 1937[/SIZE] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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