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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4769245, member: 10461&quot;]Hmm.&nbsp; I still lack anything Carthaginian.&nbsp; I&#039;d love one of those electrum horsies, but I&#039;m afraid they&#039;re a tad out of my league.</p><p>I got my first ancient so long ago, there were Athenian Owls and Roman <i>sestertii</i> still in <i>circulation</i> at the time! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously, though, I don&#039;t even remember which was my first, let alone have a picture of it.&nbsp; So since &quot;one of&quot; is acceptable, I&#039;ll post my current favorite.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(Since I have such a relatively small group of ancients, I&#039;m afraid my stuff gets reposted just a bit too often.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm; Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC</font></font></b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/bFNGv2UUTRSsxbJHtFbz_Taras-gradient.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-003/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4280918-003/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">NGC XF</a>; Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-kingdom-of-macedon-silver-mercenaries-drachm-of-king-perseus-ca-175-170-bc.286582/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-kingdom-of-macedon-silver-mercenaries-drachm-of-king-perseus-ca-175-170-bc.286582/">My <i>old</i> favorite</a> went off to live with [USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER] last year, when I needed to pay some bills.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: </b>continue the theme, with your first ancient/medieval coin, or your favorite.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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