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<p>[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2265398, member: 76181"]Or, I should add, I visit a chap in Chicago, who sells me some well priced souvenirs and then wins me this at NAC as a proxy bidder....for which I am most grateful.</p><p><br /></p><p>If he had not confirmed that the shade on the cheek was only a photographic artifact, I probably wouldn't have bid on the coin. But his opinion and bidding got me this for a steal (IMO again.) I couldn't get a photo that does it justice, so I go with the NAC catalog photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450458[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Aeolis, Myrina</p><p>Tetradrachm circa 165-150, 32mm, AR 16.55 g. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev. Apollo of Grynium standing r., holding phiale and laurel branch. All within laurel wreath. Sacks 71a (this coin).Lovely iridescent tone and extremely fine <b>Ex Naville X, 1925</b> fmr. Baron Alexandre De Petrowicz lot 667; Hess 207, 1931, 402 and Auctiones 20, 1992, 402. Ex NAC Auction 84 Part II Lot 1532 May 21, 2015[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2265398, member: 76181"]Or, I should add, I visit a chap in Chicago, who sells me some well priced souvenirs and then wins me this at NAC as a proxy bidder....for which I am most grateful. If he had not confirmed that the shade on the cheek was only a photographic artifact, I probably wouldn't have bid on the coin. But his opinion and bidding got me this for a steal (IMO again.) I couldn't get a photo that does it justice, so I go with the NAC catalog photo. [ATTACH=full]450458[/ATTACH] Aeolis, Myrina Tetradrachm circa 165-150, 32mm, AR 16.55 g. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev. Apollo of Grynium standing r., holding phiale and laurel branch. All within laurel wreath. Sacks 71a (this coin).Lovely iridescent tone and extremely fine [B]Ex Naville X, 1925[/B] fmr. Baron Alexandre De Petrowicz lot 667; Hess 207, 1931, 402 and Auctiones 20, 1992, 402. Ex NAC Auction 84 Part II Lot 1532 May 21, 2015[/QUOTE]
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