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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4792408, member: 87404"]I'm so excited to have received the coin this morning! Here it is in hand:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/incollage_20200824_121928034.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It's got a lovely green patina, really showing it off on the reverse!</p><p><br /></p><p>Though, I do question the initial identification of Cilicia for it. In looking on ACSearch to try to find more details for a Cilicia coin, I ended up seeing what are better matches for <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Lokri+athena+bunch+grapes&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Lokri+athena+bunch+grapes&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">Lokri Opuntii</a>. This fits much better with the lambda visible in the left of the grapes on reverse (possibly too worn to determine if there is an O in the right field).</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/20200824_121655.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Appears to be similar to 134.4 and part of Corpus group 20, 19a, and it sounds like "Corpus" is from Locri Opuntii corpus by Mrs. Diana Delbridge.</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/83/1093/860027.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=860027" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=860027" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=860027</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4792408, member: 87404"]I'm so excited to have received the coin this morning! Here it is in hand: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/incollage_20200824_121928034.jpg[/IMG] It's got a lovely green patina, really showing it off on the reverse! Though, I do question the initial identification of Cilicia for it. In looking on ACSearch to try to find more details for a Cilicia coin, I ended up seeing what are better matches for [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Lokri+athena+bunch+grapes&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']Lokri Opuntii[/URL]. This fits much better with the lambda visible in the left of the grapes on reverse (possibly too worn to determine if there is an O in the right field). [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/20200824_121655.jpg[/IMG] Appears to be similar to 134.4 and part of Corpus group 20, 19a, and it sounds like "Corpus" is from Locri Opuntii corpus by Mrs. Diana Delbridge. [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/83/1093/860027.m.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=860027[/URL][/QUOTE]
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