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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2514542, member: 56859&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a great example of that philosophy.&nbsp; Owning the authentic coin is utterly outside the realm of possible.&nbsp; At least this copy has some historical interest in its own right since it was made by noted electrotypist Robert Ready, probably in the 1800s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Previously posted in this thread:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p><b>modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready</b></p><p><b>host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872</b></p><p>AR &quot;tetradrachm&quot;, 27 mm, 16.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K)</p><p>Edge: initials R R</p><p>Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. <i>A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270</i>. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?place=35131&amp;plaA=35131-2-16&amp;ILINK|34484,|assetId=1003033001&amp;objectId=1113718&amp;partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?place=35131&amp;plaA=35131-2-16&amp;ILINK|34484,|assetId=1003033001&amp;objectId=1113718&amp;partId=1" rel="nofollow">1872,0709.361</a>; B.V. Head. <i><a href="https://archive.org/stream/aguidetoselectg00medagoog/aguidetoselectg00medagoog_djvu.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/stream/aguidetoselectg00medagoog/aguidetoselectg00medagoog_djvu.txt" rel="nofollow">A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype</a></i>, London. 1880. Period III C #44.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotypesideview-1000-jpg.463701/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The British Museum coin host coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmuseum.org%2Fcollectionimages%2FAN01003%2FAN01003033_001_l.jpg&amp;hash=2332d08df4c68fe2ca573fde8a05f937" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmuseum.org%2Fcollectionimages%2FAN01003%2FAN01003037_001_l.jpg&amp;hash=490c17b7718eb76874a40ac418c03cc8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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