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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4839855, member: 56859&quot;]That&#039;s a fine looking waffle, Z!&nbsp; Pass the butter and syrup <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine, still a favorite acquisition from last year.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dardanoschickenandwaffles-rt-jpg.892740/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>TROAS, Dardanos</b></p><p>c. 450-420 BCE</p><p>AR obol; 9 mm, 0.56 gm</p><p>Obv: cock standing left</p><p>Rev: cross-hatch pattern</p><p>Ref: Nomismata 3, 303; Demeester 98; SNG Ashmolean 1119 (all references unverified; I do not have copies of these reference books/catalogs)</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the reticulated look of crystalized coins even though they&#039;re extremely fragile.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/mendihemiobol-leuimageedited-rt-jpg.886866/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, Mende</b></p><p>circa 460-423 BCE</p><p>AR hemiobol; 7 mm, 0.39 gm, 6 h</p><p>Obv: forepart of donkey to right</p><p>Rev: Kantharos within incuse square</p><p>Ref: AMNG III, 18. SNG ANS 365</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDONIA, uncertain</b></p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm</p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: &quot;Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II&quot;, Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67</p><p><br /></p><p>Another of the same type with dramatic crystalization... or perhaps just better photos:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e6d427d86f964184b5ddea492ddc90d2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A darkly toned and crystallized obol:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phliasia-rt-jpg.1027356/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHLIASIA, Phlius</b></p><p><b>400-350 BC</b></p><p>AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of butting bull left</p><p>Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9</p><p>from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013</p><p><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales.</i></p><p><i>Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby&#039;s, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Crystallized pigs:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_28ed51df612844ac939eb41f4c54c159.jpg_srz_p_706_358_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz&amp;hash=9e4ae97edac50d75dc4c7d8a8f757cff" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p><b>499-494 BC</b></p><p>AR diobol, 9mm, 1.2 g</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: incuse square</p><p>Ref: Cf. BMC 9-10 (drachm); cf. Traité I 488 (drachm). VF, toned, porous. Very rare with boar left, apparently unpublished as a diobol</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/klazodrachm-jpg.582572/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>498-494 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 6.77 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev: incuse square, somewhat quadripartite</p><p>Ref: Rosen 563; Jameson 1492; Asyut 615; Traité II 487; SNG Copenhagen 1-2)</p><p><i>ex NFA MBS (18 October 1990), part of lot 310</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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