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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2800707, member: 10461&quot;]Since <i>ancient</i> horses weren&#039;t specified, I&#039;ll pile on two more from the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-june-22-2017.298522/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-june-22-2017.298522/">Eclectic Box</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>No doubt they&#039;ve been seen before (there&#039;s the downside of my having such a small collection), but I still enjoy posting them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tell me the hoss on this first one doesn&#039;t look like some sinister, vampiric creature!&nbsp; Though reasonably priced, this coin seems to be a crowd-pleaser, and I&#039;m pretty fond of it. (I can&#039;t afford the full thaler, but [USER=13450]@Zohar444[/USER] has a killer example.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/german-states-teutonic-order-silver-1-4-thaler-of-grand-master-maximilian-of-austria-ca-1615.286622/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/german-states-teutonic-order-silver-1-4-thaler-of-grand-master-maximilian-of-austria-ca-1615.286622/"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">German States (Teutonic Order): silver 1/4-thaler of Grand Master Maximilian of Austria, ca. 1615</font></font></a></b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/german-states-teutonic-order-silver-1-4-thaler-of-grand-master-maximilian-of-austria-ca-1615.5112/full?d=1483098655" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>This Vickie half-sov might not be an ancient, but the Pistrucci &quot;St. George&quot; design on the reverse definitely has Classical allusions.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-britain-gold-half-sovereign-of-queen-victoria-1901-from-the-terner-collection.286728/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-britain-gold-half-sovereign-of-queen-victoria-1901-from-the-terner-collection.286728/"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Terner Collection</font></font></a></b></b></p><p><b><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-HalfSov-1901-029500-coin-800x500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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