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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26444843, member: 87809&quot;]Went to the Great American Coin and Collectibles Show at Rosemont, Chicago.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was not as busy as the April Convention; many empty tables. However it was a great&nbsp; pleasure to meet again Perry Siegel from Herakles Numismatics from whom I bought some coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two are some I bought from Perry:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Didrachm</p><p>Kyrenaica, Kyrene, ca. 294 -275 BC. Struck under the authority of Magas. According to numismatics.org 282 – 261 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>22 mm, 7.63 g, 12h</p><p>BMC (Greek coins, Cyrenaica, p. 52), 237 and Pl. 22, 4J, Type II representation of Silphium plant from Robinson; SNG Copenhagen 1238 corr. (monogram); Müller 156</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Apollo Karneios to l. (the flip it came with says Zeus Karneios but I think it is Apollo)</p><p>Rev.: Silphion plant; monogram at upper left; star at upper right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1686998[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and this one which has corrosion, but it feels so good and heavy in hand<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Former Frank Capra collection. Collector&#039;s ticket included.</p><p>Æ Drachma</p><p>Sicily, Syracuse, ca. 380 BC. Time of Dionysos I (405-367 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>33 mm, 34.50 g</p><p>CNS II (Calciati II, p. 111), 62, HGC 2, 1436; SNG ANS 455; SNG Lloyd 1452; Boehringer, Finanzpolitik, pl. 39, 44; SNG Morcom 697; Sear 1189 (Timoleon); SNG Copenhagen 720.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: <i>Σ(YP)A </i>Head of Athena to l., wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with olive wreath and neck guard. Linear border.</p><p>Rev.: Eight-pointed sea star between two dolphins. Linear border.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1686999[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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