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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3604697, member: 76194&quot;]This is just <u>one more example of why you can never 100% trust the references even from a good dealer. </u>The dealer (whom I will not mention here to protect as many of you may know him) got the reference wrong. Not that I blame him as this is not an easy variation to find. <b>Every online reference that I found from a dealer who had sold one was wrong</b>. I even downloaded a PDF of a catalog from 1929 to check a reference given, and it turned out to be a different coin. Finally I found the correct reference in wildwinds.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]964929[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pisidia, Selge,</p><p>AR Trihemiobol</p><p>c. 350-300 BC,</p><p>8mm, 1.01g.</p><p>Obv: Facing head of gorgoneion.</p><p>Rx: Helmeted head of Athena l., knucklebone at r.</p><p>BM-7, SNG Aulock-5281 (Descibed there as</p><p>barbarous)</p><p>Note: Scarce with Athena facing left on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s&nbsp; not even an Obol, it is a Trihemiobol. And yes, it is a scarce coin....and could also be a barbarous imitation <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Talk about interesting. <b>See why it pays to hunt for the right references for a coin? </b>I don&#039;t have barbarous imitations in my collection. This could be my first. That makes this coin way more interesting to me now than when I bought it with the incorrect reference.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the correct reference for the first one I got. And it is referenced as an obol, so at least the dealer got that part this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]964954[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pisidia, Selge, 350 - 300 BC</p><p>AR Obol, 9mm, .86 grams</p><p>Obverse: Facing gorgoneion.</p><p>Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena right.</p><p>SNG von Aulock-5268[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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