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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 8251645, member: 44357"][USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] , your new Parisii stater exemplifies Celtic art of the finest caliber. It's further aided by the needle-sharp strike: these are often poorly or inconsistently struck and yours looks absolutely hammered.</p><p><br /></p><p>To your artistic commentary, I will offer two coins: my Parisii stater and this Eukratides tetradrachm. I don't plan on collecting Celtic or Bactrian coinage in a significant way, but these are both examples which typify the artistry of these regions and therefore are suitable as representative "type" coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, other Celtic coinage is often very tempting so we'll see how long my minimalistic approach to collecting can subsist...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453950[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 8251645, member: 44357"][USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] , your new Parisii stater exemplifies Celtic art of the finest caliber. It's further aided by the needle-sharp strike: these are often poorly or inconsistently struck and yours looks absolutely hammered. To your artistic commentary, I will offer two coins: my Parisii stater and this Eukratides tetradrachm. I don't plan on collecting Celtic or Bactrian coinage in a significant way, but these are both examples which typify the artistry of these regions and therefore are suitable as representative "type" coins. That said, other Celtic coinage is often very tempting so we'll see how long my minimalistic approach to collecting can subsist... [ATTACH=full]1453950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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