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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5138559, member: 91461&quot;]I would say send in another registration.</p><p>They&#039;ve been just wonderful with me. I won a fun snack from their Obols auction but missed out on my mark<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The snack:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205626[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Leontini, Circa 450-440 BC. Litra (Silver, 12 mm, 0.83 g, 10 h). ΛΕΟ - Ν Lion’s head with open jaws to right. Rev. Apollo, nude, standing left holding phiale in his right hand and branch in his left; to left, altar; to right, barley grain. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 50. SNG ANS 264. SNG Fitzwilliam 1054. A few rough spots, otherwise, very fine.</p><p>Ex: Nomos: Obols</p><p><br /></p><p>They were willing to let me wait until the next auction, so my cheap butt could save on (slightly prohibitively expensive, but I don&#039;t recall dollar amount) shipping, to buy this plate coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205630[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205631[/ATTACH]</p><p>EUBOIA. Histiaia. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Tetrobol (Silver, 15 mm, 2.06 g, 9 h). Vine-wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right, wearing pendant earring and necklace. Rev. IΣTIAIE-ΩN Nymph seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis in her left hand and resting her right on the deck; on the side of the stern, wing; below to left, monogram, labrys. ANS 1944.100.24022. BCD Euboia -. Lovely style; well-struck and rather uncommon. Minor die break on reverse, otherwise, very fine.</p><p>From the Vineyard Collection, ex Hirsch, March 2002 ,219 (part of lot). Ex: Nomos Obols</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this dream coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205628[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleukos I Nikator,</p><p>312-281 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16.5 mm, 4.25 g, 12 h), probably Seleukeia on the Tigris, after circa 305/4 BC . Bust of Alexander the Great to right, as Dionysos, wearing helmet covered with a panther skin and adorned with a bull&#039;s horn and ear, and with a panther&#039;s skin tied around his shoulders. Rev. ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΣΕ]ΛΕΥΚΟΥ Nike standing to right, placing wreath on trophy; between Nike and trophy, monogram. HGC 9, 35. SC 197. Toned. Very fine. Ex: Nomos Obols[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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