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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2990361, member: 10461&quot;]That&#039;s <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios" rel="nofollow">Helios</a>, the sun god, though he <i>does</i> look rather effeminate and Medusa-like here!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of my top five coins.&nbsp; Probably top three.&nbsp; It is but a tiny crumb that fell from [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]&#039;s mighty <a href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/home" rel="nofollow">Colosseo Collection</a>.&nbsp; (His castoff, my treasure!)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/hqocBl9nQKCOoW914A9Z_Thessaly-Pseudo-Rhodian-drachm-091100-frame-v2.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As it happens, I am currently using one NGC and one PCGS box like you said, since I outgrew my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eclecticactualbox-png.687520/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eclecticactualbox-png.687520/">25-count aluminum box</a>.&nbsp; Mine are oldies, though, so not red and blue.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20180209_020156-jpg.737523/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20180209_020227-jpg.737524/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20180209_014826-jpg.737525/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20180209_020310-jpg.737526/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20180209_014949-jpg.737527/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(I couldn&#039;t resist hamming it up a bit in this selfie inspired by [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER]&#039;s recent <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/t-shirt-i-love-my-wife.308679/#post-2990084" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/t-shirt-i-love-my-wife.308679/#post-2990084">post</a> with two slab boxes.) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20180209_020921-jpg.737528/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Several of the ancient coins (including the Macedonian &quot;Mercenaries&quot; drachm you admired) have very high reliefs.&nbsp; Now that I&#039;m no longer restricted by a 20-coin limit, I do intend to add some moderns.&nbsp; But the curved coins I&#039;ve seen so far&nbsp; (from France and the USA, anyway) don&#039;t really do much for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the comments and suggestions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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