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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7927807, member: 96898&quot;]You&#039;re spot on, Thomas! I was already about to put this coin in a flip and place it in my swap box when I noticed the legend. As you said, Lesbos fractions with the BP, BPO or BPOI legend are very rare pose a minor numismatic riddle. (My theory: &quot;Broi&quot; is simply the nominative plural of the Greek second declension noun &quot;bro,&quot; because one bro usually comes in the company of other bros...)</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no example with this legend listed in the major reference works, and only very few examples on acsearch and in the sixbid archive. (I could find eleven recorded examples in total, including mine: 4 BPO 1/24 staters, 6 BP 1/24 staters, 1 BROI 1/6 stater.) This coin definitely is a keeper.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re right, that coin is a rarity, particularly in this condition. But I already recognized it in the auction catalogue, so it wasn&#039;t &quot;hidden&quot; anymore when I unpacked the lot...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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