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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3981132, member: 91461&quot;]Admittedly, I&#039;ve become used to seeing a beautiful ladies face on an ancient Greek, and going, &quot;No helmet, no Athena.&quot;, &quot;No Crown, no Hera.&quot; &quot;No bow, no Artemis.&quot; Fooled by Apollo again!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048157[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But I was pretty stoked to get such a nicely struck, near as struck Greek, for next to the price of religion (here in Utah they&#039;re giving it away for <i>free</i>!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048155[/ATTACH]</p><p>LYDIA, Sardes. Circa 133 BC-AD 14.</p><p>Æ.</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right. / Club within laurel wreath; monogram above.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 470-482. BMC 238</p><p>17 mm, 4,62 g</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]HEXWRTEbj1I[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Was certainly excited to receive it, as in hand the little thing sings<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Apollo is so feminine to modern standards it&#039;s high-larious<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> You can see where they didn&#039;t smooth the flan out enough before striking, the extra metal they left and that saweet monogram at the top of the reverse<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />#class! What&#039;s not to love?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048164[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And then I remembered, don&#039;t I have a reverse that looks A LOT like this?</p><p>I went through my unidentifiables. And guess the sillyness I came across...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048156[/ATTACH]</p><p>Can you imagine the poor celator whom created that beautiful<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> image of Apollo walking into the mint work shop and coming across this?</p><p>&quot;Whata the heck happeneda to my art?&quot;</p><p>The guy holding the anvil/hammer, &quot;Kevinus burped while I wasa mid swing!&quot;</p><p>The celator, &quot;You cana barely even seea da backa his head!&quot;</p><p>Kevin scratches his belly and looks at the ceiling tiles beginning to whistle whilst he walks away.</p><p>In his best voice as Dave from Alvin and the Chipmunks<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie22" alt=":beaver:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the celator bellows out, &quot;Keeeeeeviiiiiiiin!&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048166[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But seriously, if the guy had missed the flan on the obverese any closer the metal would&#039;ve slid right out! Not that the reverse is all on the either. Almost missed the monogram.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie39" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048170[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway,</p><p>I&#039;d love to see all your close calls (or rather large misses), any type of Kevin especial really, Apollo in his youthful splendor and or anything that strikes (pun Nintendoed) you as belonging.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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