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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 4750546, member: 82322&quot;]I suspect that coin is worth double what you paid for it.&nbsp; It is rare and well centered and well struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is nicer than the one in the famous Jameson collection that hammered for <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=333742" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=333742" rel="nofollow">$700</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The grade is VF★.&nbsp; In NGC Ancients, the ★ means &quot;impressive&quot;, not &quot;Almost VF+&quot;.&nbsp; A lot of folks coming from modern coin collecting skip VF coins, even if the are graded ★ 5/5 4/5.&nbsp; VF coins are overlooked in slabs in auctions that have a lot of slabbed AU and MS material.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you like the coin I recommend Adrienne Mayer&#039;s book <i><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9TwhfvU08UcC&amp;printsec=frontcover" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9TwhfvU08UcC&amp;printsec=frontcover" rel="nofollow">The First Fossil Hunters</a></i> in which she gives evidence that the ancient Greek griffin&#039;s appearance was inspired by fossil dinosaurs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know about the bull or calf&#039;s head on the reverse but he looks dressed up for some kind of ritual and those types are often popular.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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