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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2982743, member: 76086&quot;]I have fond memories of that fair.&nbsp; Its where I met Basil Demetriadi in person for the first time (though we had corresponded for some years).&nbsp; I still have these two coins that I purchased there:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734094[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Britain, The Iceni, 65 – 1 BC</b></p><p>Silver Unit, 13mm, 1.25 grams</p><p><b>Obverse:&nbsp; </b>Celticized head right, two trefoils before, triple pellets below.</p><p><b>Reverse:&nbsp; </b>Horse rearing right, pellet below tail, wheel above, lozenge shaped box below.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cost:</b></p><p>£15</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b></p><p>Van Arsdell 794&nbsp; //&nbsp; ABC 2567&nbsp; //&nbsp; SCBC 434</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b></p><p>Purchased at the London Coin Fair, mid 1990’s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734096[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Philip I, 244 – 249 AD</b></p><p>Æ 8 Assaria, Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria, Antioch Mint, 30mm, 15.45 grams</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b>&nbsp; AVTOK K M IOVA FILIPPOC CEB, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip left.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b>&nbsp; ANTIOXENWN MHTPO KOLW, Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche left, above a ram leaping left, star below, A E S C in fields, all in retrograde.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b></p><p>McAlee 955c (this coin)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cost:</b></p><p>£15</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b></p><p>Kenneth W. Dorney List 45, October 1998.</p><p>London Coin Fair, mid 1990’s.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b></p><p>Retrograde reverse.&nbsp; One of two(?) known examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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