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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8234666, member: 118780&quot;]Recently, when I realized I had some budget after unexpectedly losing a coin at auction, I pulled up my Pri 1 list and remembered that there was one coin I&#039;d been watching for some time from a seller. I hadn&#039;t bought it since I felt it was overpriced, but I thought perhaps it was time to just pick it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is a silver triobol from Phokis. Thanks to an exhaustive study by Williams, the coins may be attributed to the four different kings who ruled Phokis during the Sacred Wars. Since these wars played a major role in the rise of Philip II, all four were on my list.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, one aspect made me pause. The gold and silver coins (and for all I know the bronze) were first gathered from heavy taxes on the inhabitants of Delphi, and then eventually formed by melting down the offerings that had piled up. Other Greeks considered this abhorrent, and conscious efforts were made to gather and melt-down these coins afterwards. From what I understand, they were so successful with the gold issues that no samples are known.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was far different than the Athenians issuing gold coins from their own statues. The offerings left at Delphi were meant for religious purposes and the Phocians had no authority to use them to pay mercenaries. From what I understand, these coins were detested by anyone who wasn&#039;t paid by them, which is why they&#039;re relatively rare today despite the massive issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never been the superstitious type, but could these coins still be cursed? Since things are going well for me now, I chose to not try my luck. I removed the coin from my watch list and all four from my &quot;to buy&quot; list. Ultimately, I felt it didn&#039;t matter whether they were cursed. If I <i>believed</i> they might be, then that was a good enough reason to not collect them.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? Are there similar coins that you won&#039;t collect?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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