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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3227958, member: 91461&quot;]If a picture is worth a thousand words then how much is a picture of an ancient coin worth? This coin has gotta be worth at least one thousand and two words.</p><p>Those 2 extra words could be: reverse/obverse<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />- such an unusual thing for us to see. A very busy, action packed front to a coin...with a beautiful, laid back, portrait on the reverse??</p><p>Or they could be: masterful/useful<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />- Just a few decades PREceding the masters that, like Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire at Monterrey, would reach the peak of their craft and have the audacity to even sign their dies!...compared to my version clearly heavily used in commerce while still showing (imo) all the signs of a master die maker before the Sicilian saints like Kimon, Eukleidas &amp; Ryro<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> to name a few. The ancient Sicilians didn&#039;t have any reservations about handling and using these iconic coin masterpieces to buy their wine and bread with.</p><p>Certainly the 2 additional words could be: SCREAMING DEAL<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />- Frank Robinson&#039;s last auction had some of everything.</p><p>There were a ton of coins that I would love, but had my heart set to win 1 of 3. The other two beauties went to someone whom wanted them more (and could afford em<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p>So don&#039;t ask me how I won this doozy for $10 over the opening bid??? Of course it being a tet, it is a decent piece of metal. But since ya can&#039;t hold it, just smile and enjoy.</p><p>My pics vs Frank&#039;s<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]842139[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]842141[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]842142[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -.</p><p><br /></p><p>On top of all that coolness, I think I found a die match on AC search!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]842146[/ATTACH]</p><p>Poste your thoughts, Sicilians, tets, FSR wins or anything that floats yer boat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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