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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3580149, member: 85693"]I made the seller an offer he couldn't refuse and bought it. Looking at his other offerings, I don't see a hoard pattern - everything is Greek, as far as I can tell (perhaps a few Roman Provincials) and mostly common stuff, although I did get a countermarked Lysimachos (Seleucid anchor cm) last week, posted here: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/budget-countermarks-vindex-pr-and-lysimachos-with-seleucid-anchor.341027/#post-3574205" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/budget-countermarks-vindex-pr-and-lysimachos-with-seleucid-anchor.341027/#post-3574205">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/budget-countermarks-vindex-pr-and-lysimachos-with-seleucid-anchor.341027/#post-3574205</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few Seleucids here and there, and a Ptolemy something-or-other I also have my eye on. Everything has been harshly cleaned to the point of stripping away the patina, so they all have the same "look." It would be a pretty wide-ranging hoard if it all came from the same place, but anything's possible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for your help identifying it. I have a lot to learn about Seleucids.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3580149, member: 85693"]I made the seller an offer he couldn't refuse and bought it. Looking at his other offerings, I don't see a hoard pattern - everything is Greek, as far as I can tell (perhaps a few Roman Provincials) and mostly common stuff, although I did get a countermarked Lysimachos (Seleucid anchor cm) last week, posted here: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/budget-countermarks-vindex-pr-and-lysimachos-with-seleucid-anchor.341027/#post-3574205[/URL] There are a few Seleucids here and there, and a Ptolemy something-or-other I also have my eye on. Everything has been harshly cleaned to the point of stripping away the patina, so they all have the same "look." It would be a pretty wide-ranging hoard if it all came from the same place, but anything's possible. Thanks again for your help identifying it. I have a lot to learn about Seleucids.[/QUOTE]
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