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Message:: [QUOTE="Di Nomos, post: 6260201, member: 100847"]I don't have anything I'd consider a 'masterpiece', but do have several coins I'd describe as 'fine style'. These photos are from the dealers by the way. Most don't do them true justice. I've also shown most of these coins before. My favourite Archaic coin is a drachm from Knidos. A very charming portrait of Aphrodite. [ATTACH=full]1247914[/ATTACH] This is a tetradrachm from Selinus. Not the greatest dies in the series, but noteworthy nonetheless. [ATTACH=full]1247919[/ATTACH] My favourite facing portrait in my collection. A drachm from Amphipolis. [ATTACH=full]1247921[/ATTACH] My stater from Terina. This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful coin designs in my collection. This photo does do it justice, thanks to AncientJoe. [ATTACH=full]1247934[/ATTACH] I like the coins from the Chalkidian League, and they are almost always of great style, with some being truly exceptional. My example is a nice earlier one. [ATTACH=full]1247941[/ATTACH] I'll finish with this coin of Ptolemy I, with a portrait of the deified Alexander. It's the only coin I've ever bid on at auction with a desire that I had to have it, hence paid through the nose for it. But it is certainly a masterful portrait. [ATTACH=full]1247974[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]