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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Smojo, post: 2543605, member: 78058&quot;]Over the past couple of weeks I&#039;ve bought more coin lots than I have in quite a while. Some are common, others that just spoke to me so I had to get them.</p><p>Another was a type I&#039;ve wanted to add to my collection that just seemed right.</p><p><br /></p><p>But one out of the bunch was one I&#039;ve been looking for for quite some time. It just so happened&nbsp; to be in one of JA&#039;s auctions. Go figure huh?</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has eluded me time &amp; again. It&#039;s not so much the coin, it&#039;s &quot;rare&quot; but not that rare but the condition. Usually I find them so corroded that it&#039;s barely recognizable. This particular coin is not only recognizable but it&#039;s in pretty good condition. The best part is it cost less than the fugly ones I&#039;ve seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I wanted one so bad is a goofy but personal one. It reminds me of someone that is close to my heart.</p><p>I&#039;m thrilled to have found one in this condition and even more so to get it at the price I did. I can now mark this one off my want list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia, Apollonis&nbsp; </p><p>Ae 17mm, 3.8g,&nbsp; 2nd - 1st Century BC</p><p>Obv.: Head of a young Heracles in lion skin, right.</p><p>Rev.:&nbsp; ΑΠΟΛΛΏ-NIΔEΩN, Winged thunderbolt</p><p>Sear 4688, BMC Lydia p. 19, 3-4; SNG v. Aulock2899; SNG Cop. 17</p><p>[ATTACH=full]545416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]545417[/ATTACH] </p><p>Feel free to post yours. As always feel free to critique[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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