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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4297137, member: 87404"]About a month ago I was successful at winning my single, main target (expect it's own post in the coming week, I hope) in the late February Artemide Aste auction. There was another nice coin that I thought I might bid on and see if I could pick up to offset some of the shipping. As I mentioned in another post, with all the stuff happening in Italy lately, I was not expecting to get it for a while and was simply sitting and being patient. Well, it was delivered about a week ago (nice to hear you got your's delivered recently too, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]!).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5">My first Octopus!</font></b> In fact, it has another <u><i>first</i></u> to it's name, as well... it's the first ever bronze issue from Syracuse... during the Second Democracy, 466-405 BC, more specifically, struck around 425 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dark-green patina doesn't do the smooth surfaces and detail justice, so I had to capture it a second time to show it off with the light reflecting. </p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/incollage_20200326_190313163.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Syracuse, Sicily</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Second Democracy, 466-405 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Tetras, Struck circa 425 BC</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: ΣYΡΑ, head of Arethusa right, wearing a necklace with a pendant, hair loosely gathered at the top of her head, dolphin before and behind.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: Octopus with spread tentacles, three pellets around (•••, mark of value).</font></p><p><font size="3">References: SNG ANS 376; HGC 2, 1428</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 15mm, 2.72g</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex: Artemide Aste Auction 50E (2/29/2020), Lot #101</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Let's see your octopuseseses sess, er... octopi!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4297137, member: 87404"]About a month ago I was successful at winning my single, main target (expect it's own post in the coming week, I hope) in the late February Artemide Aste auction. There was another nice coin that I thought I might bid on and see if I could pick up to offset some of the shipping. As I mentioned in another post, with all the stuff happening in Italy lately, I was not expecting to get it for a while and was simply sitting and being patient. Well, it was delivered about a week ago (nice to hear you got your's delivered recently too, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]!). [B][SIZE=5]My first Octopus![/SIZE][/B] In fact, it has another [U][I]first[/I][/U] to it's name, as well... it's the first ever bronze issue from Syracuse... during the Second Democracy, 466-405 BC, more specifically, struck around 425 BC. The dark-green patina doesn't do the smooth surfaces and detail justice, so I had to capture it a second time to show it off with the light reflecting. [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/incollage_20200326_190313163.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Syracuse, Sicily[/B] [B]Second Democracy, 466-405 BC[/B] [B]AE Tetras, Struck circa 425 BC[/B] Obverse: ΣYΡΑ, head of Arethusa right, wearing a necklace with a pendant, hair loosely gathered at the top of her head, dolphin before and behind. Reverse: Octopus with spread tentacles, three pellets around (•••, mark of value). References: SNG ANS 376; HGC 2, 1428 Size: 15mm, 2.72g [I]Ex: Artemide Aste Auction 50E (2/29/2020), Lot #101[/I][/SIZE] Let's see your octopuseseses sess, er... octopi!![/QUOTE]
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