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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3404021, member: 10461"]As some of you have seen, I've done a major downsizing of my collection and just sold my best pieces in order to pay some bills (eliminate my credit card debt, fix my car, and maybe put a little in savings). I'm still in the game, though, and when I exceeded my sales goals, my mind actually went around to buying again.  I picked these two up because they've been in my watch list a while, and weren't horrendously expensive, so ... why not? This is my first Republican bronze. Been wanting an ancient with a galley on it for a while, too.  Close enough. ROMAN REPUBLIC, Anonymous. AE, Semis. 211 - 207 BC. Hispania mint. Saturn / Prow right. [ATTACH=full]903848[/ATTACH] And, though I did not used to be a fan of satyr/Pan portraits like this, they've grown on me, and this one in particular struck me.  Besides, I have always been a fan of griffins.   (Bonus points for having a sturgeon on it, too!) Thrace. PANTIKAPAION.. Ae 21.. 310-303 B.C. As struck, no circulation wear. [ATTACH=full]903853[/ATTACH] Republican bronze... satyrs... Pantikapaion... griffins... share whatever you feel is appropriate![/QUOTE]