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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3366507, member: 57495"]Nice! I really need one of those Punic occupation half-shekels. </p><p><br /></p><p>While I like holed coins, chipped or broken coins I'm not so fond of. I was, however, very glad to find this exceptionally rare hemiobol of Pherai in a small, affordable group lot. A little bit at the edge broke off and was glued back on, but in this case, I really can't quibble. While I like the coins of Thessaly, it's unlikely I'd ever be able to bring myself to upgrade to a non-damaged example (the most recent one sold in a <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=5498&category=178232&lot=4602490" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=5498&category=178232&lot=4602490" rel="nofollow">Dec 2018 auction</a> for a whopping CHF 950 before fees). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]892970[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Pherai</b></p><p>Very Rare. Repaired. AR Hemiobol. 0.27g, 8.3mm. THESSALY, Pherai, circa 360s-350s BC. BCD Thessaly II 694; HGC 4, 563; Imhoof-Blumer 1908, p. 93, 277, pl. VI, 38; cf. Nomos 4, 1306 corr. O: Head of Ennodia right: R: Φ - E, hunting dog sitting right. </p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3366507, member: 57495"]Nice! I really need one of those Punic occupation half-shekels. While I like holed coins, chipped or broken coins I'm not so fond of. I was, however, very glad to find this exceptionally rare hemiobol of Pherai in a small, affordable group lot. A little bit at the edge broke off and was glued back on, but in this case, I really can't quibble. While I like the coins of Thessaly, it's unlikely I'd ever be able to bring myself to upgrade to a non-damaged example (the most recent one sold in a [URL='https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=5498&category=178232&lot=4602490']Dec 2018 auction[/URL] for a whopping CHF 950 before fees). [ATTACH=full]892970[/ATTACH] [B]THESSALY, Pherai[/B] Very Rare. Repaired. AR Hemiobol. 0.27g, 8.3mm. THESSALY, Pherai, circa 360s-350s BC. BCD Thessaly II 694; HGC 4, 563; Imhoof-Blumer 1908, p. 93, 277, pl. VI, 38; cf. Nomos 4, 1306 corr. O: Head of Ennodia right: R: Φ - E, hunting dog sitting right. [I]Ex BCD Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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