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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2874742, member: 82322&quot;]I have never posted this coin before because I don&#039;t know what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]687929[/ATTACH] </p><p>Euboea, Chalkis (?), 1.28g, AE11</p><p>Obv: Female head wearing triangular earring right</p><p>Rev: Cross or Χ (Chi) upon circular shield</p><p>ref: Pozzi 3359ter, otherwise perhaps unpublished</p><p>ex-CNG, Triton VI, January 2003, lot 1563 (part of) &quot;David Freedman collection&quot;. Described as &#039;Uncertain, possibly Selge&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>This mystery has a nice glossy patina.&nbsp; I have owned it for nearly fifteen years.&nbsp; It came out of a group lot that included another coin I needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first I could not identify it but then I found a similar coin in Boutin&#039;s catalog of the Pozzi collection.&nbsp; Serge Boutin placed it under Chalkis perhaps because of the symbol on the shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few months ago a poor specimen of this tiny coin sold on eBay Germany.&nbsp; I recall it went for $100+ so perhaps the buyer knows what it is and really wanted it.&nbsp; I wish I knew what it was.&nbsp; Every few years I search for &quot;Chalkis&quot;, &quot;Selge&quot;, &quot;shield&quot;, &quot;triangular earring&quot; and &quot;patera&quot; but I haven&#039;t seen another match.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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