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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2508385, member: 56859&quot;]Thank you, Ivan!&nbsp; Here are those two coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/kings-of-lydia-el-trite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/kings-of-lydia-el-trite" rel="nofollow">Lydian lion trite</a>.&nbsp; I have done embarrassingly little research on these but look forward to reading Ivan&#039;s books.&nbsp; Joe Linzalone&#039;s <i>Electrum and the Invention of Coinage</i> is also in the queue.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/lesbos-mytilene--el-hekte" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/lesbos-mytilene--el-hekte" rel="nofollow">Mytilene hekte</a>.&nbsp; Because I am obsessed with Pigasus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one other Greek electrum, a hekte with the obverse figure wearing a mask of Silenos atop his head.&nbsp; It&#039;s quite clear when you turn the coin ninety degrees counterclockwise.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a common coin but there have been a few very nice examples on the market lately.&nbsp; This is the worst example I&#039;ve seen, but that made it <i>much</i> more affordable <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c72c0364fe4e4cae94697c3777e4e7e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_c72c0364fe4e4cae94697c3777e4e7e2~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_48b17dec5ac24b4a805c8dfc87172bb5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_531,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_48b17dec5ac24b4a805c8dfc87172bb5~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/phokaia-el-man-with-silenos-mask" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/phokaia-el-man-with-silenos-mask" rel="nofollow">Phokaia hekte</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, [USER=15445]@Collect89[/USER].&nbsp; I do like to play with my coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I always appreciate your humorous posts too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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