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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 4355768, member: 82322&quot;]I recently posted this on another thread.&nbsp; I wish I could show it to you in person.&nbsp; It is high relief and looks archaic.&nbsp; [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] asks how to define fine style and I don&#039;t know the answer nor why this coin looks so good.&nbsp; In the picture it looks silly, it is thick and tiny and looks very serious in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101771[/ATTACH] </p><p>BOIOTIA, Thebes. 525-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.53 g).</p><p>Obv: Half Boiotian shield</p><p>Rev: Square incuse with a recessed large triangle (divided by a line), a small triangle, and a square (divided by a line).</p><p>Ref: BMC p. 33, 13.</p><p>Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IX, January 2006, lot 326 (BCD collection)</p><p>Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter 49, 15 November 1992), lot 422.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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