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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3095564, member: 51347&quot;]LOL, thanks.&nbsp; I enjoy my Deka, but it is funny how it is HALF the weight of [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] &#039;s Okta!&nbsp; About a hundred years between them, and different Empires...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have shown this before, also.&nbsp; But, well, GOLD is actually rare in the Universe and are produced by heavy-weight single-star Super-Novas - that is just INCREDIBLE!&nbsp; Here is another one around that same 1/4TOZ size from a lot earlier:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]782137[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. </b><i>temp.<b> Darios I to Xerxes II. </b></i>Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing <i>kidaris</i> and <i>kandys</i>, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, <i>Administration</i> 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. VF. Well centered and struck.&nbsp; Approx 1/4TOZ[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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