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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2196257, member: 42634&quot;]picked up a couple of small greek coins out of the bargain bin, both of these are sub 15 buck coins.&nbsp; but pretty cool!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6619_zpswrqiodas.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6619_zpswrqiodas.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6619_zpswrqiodas.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Troas, Skepsis </font></p><p>197-180 BC</p><p>O: forepart of Pegasos left.</p><p>R: fir tree within linear border, Σ | K across fields.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 477; BMC 82.</p><p>10 mm, 1.7g</p><p><br /></p><p>and my smallest coin at 7 mm, the first is an edited pic from the seller.&nbsp; i couldn&#039;t capture it any clearer than they could.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/_12_zpslft2167w.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/_12_zpslft2167w.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/_12_zpslft2167w.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Magnesia, Ionia</font></p><p><font size="6"><font size="5"> c. 400 BC </font> </font></p><p>Obv. Laureate head of Apollo left.</p><p>Rev. Cuirass, M - A in fields. SNG Kayhan 393.</p><p>7 mm,&nbsp; 0.5g</p><p><br /></p><p>man, look at those abs!&nbsp; several coins from magnesia show a warior that founded the city in legend, i would guess (but don&#039;t know) that this would be his.&nbsp; apollo, as usaul, looks like a girl.</p><p><br /></p><p>for an idea of scale..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6699_zps0w45joch.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6699_zps0w45joch.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6699_zps0w45joch.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>inspired by TIF&#039;s similar pic, here is my largest and smallest ancient ...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6689_zpshwfqiw2y.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6689_zpshwfqiw2y.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6689_zpshwfqiw2y.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>feel free to post any of you mini-bronze coins, 11 mm and below![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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