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<p>[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 6459120, member: 87186"]<font size="5"><font face="Georgia">I guess Theodosius and here is why: </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">That adorable and rather impish soldier in CurtisimoTG's announcement of Round 2 looks around in a sneaky manner and then after holding up a standard containing the letter "F" to cover the number "2" appears quite self-satisfied. That </font><u><font size="6"><b><i>HAS </i></b></font></u><font size="5">to be some kind of clue, right? No? Since F is the 7th letter in the English alphabet but we don't have 7 participating Guest CTers this round, (and none of their names begins with "F"), perhaps covering the two is like taking it away -- substracting it, so, 7 minus 2 leaves 5, and no one's name begins with the letter E, the fifth letter of the alphabet, so that leaves the 5th person on the list, Theodosius, as the owner of this coin. </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">Okydoky? </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><b>[Edited to say that maybe it is number 2 on the list - CurtisimoTG, trying to hide the number 2? Oyyyoyyoy... I give up. I'm sticking with Theodosius for now]</b></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">Here is a coin I got in a bunch of crusty ancients. I am still working on it, but here is the progress I can show you so far. And this is me fulfilling the requirement to post an ancient coin.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">I think my coin is attributed something like this: KYRENAICA, Kyrene AE Time of Magas as king of Kyrene, circa 282/75 BC. Obv. Head of Zeus to right, Rev palm tree with fruit and small silphium plant in the lower right. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I have not been able, yet, to find an exact match on-line, but apparently, there should be an "A" and perhaps even a small crab on the reverse as well. This coin is still in the process of being cleaned. I am hopeful I will find an "A" and crab next time I take it out to work on it. If anyone knows the attribution, please tell me! </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1257825[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1760523&AucID=4049&Lot=598&Val=69dea8002ee31a7138fcaca0470fa5d9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1760523&AucID=4049&Lot=598&Val=69dea8002ee31a7138fcaca0470fa5d9" rel="nofollow"> </a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 6459120, member: 87186"][SIZE=5][FONT=Georgia]I guess Theodosius and here is why: [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]That adorable and rather impish soldier in CurtisimoTG's announcement of Round 2 looks around in a sneaky manner and then after holding up a standard containing the letter "F" to cover the number "2" appears quite self-satisfied. That [/SIZE][U][SIZE=6][B][I]HAS [/I][/B][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=5]to be some kind of clue, right? No? Since F is the 7th letter in the English alphabet but we don't have 7 participating Guest CTers this round, (and none of their names begins with "F"), perhaps covering the two is like taking it away -- substracting it, so, 7 minus 2 leaves 5, and no one's name begins with the letter E, the fifth letter of the alphabet, so that leaves the 5th person on the list, Theodosius, as the owner of this coin. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][FONT=Georgia] Okydoky? [B][Edited to say that maybe it is number 2 on the list - CurtisimoTG, trying to hide the number 2? Oyyyoyyoy... I give up. I'm sticking with Theodosius for now][/B] Here is a coin I got in a bunch of crusty ancients. I am still working on it, but here is the progress I can show you so far. And this is me fulfilling the requirement to post an ancient coin. I think my coin is attributed something like this: KYRENAICA, Kyrene AE Time of Magas as king of Kyrene, circa 282/75 BC. Obv. Head of Zeus to right, Rev palm tree with fruit and small silphium plant in the lower right. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]I have not been able, yet, to find an exact match on-line, but apparently, there should be an "A" and perhaps even a small crab on the reverse as well. This coin is still in the process of being cleaned. I am hopeful I will find an "A" and crab next time I take it out to work on it. If anyone knows the attribution, please tell me! [ATTACH=full]1257825[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][URL='https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1760523&AucID=4049&Lot=598&Val=69dea8002ee31a7138fcaca0470fa5d9'] [/URL][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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