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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7935908, member: 56859"]Wow, those are both fantastic!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Magnesia ad Maeandrum trihemiobol is particularly outstanding. I wish it were mine. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Congrats on the acquisition!</p><p><br /></p><p>To take the edge off the envy I must post one of my best small coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffit%2525252525252Fw_1702%2525252525252Ch_1064%2525252525252Cq_90%2525252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%2525252526hash%252525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%25252526hash%2525253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%252526hash%25253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%2526hash%253Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31%26hash%3D200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d&hash=f00e4ad265c3dd8beeb49f8d62ecf238" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7935908, member: 56859"]Wow, those are both fantastic! The Magnesia ad Maeandrum trihemiobol is particularly outstanding. I wish it were mine. :shifty::sour: Congrats on the acquisition! To take the edge off the envy I must post one of my best small coins. :D [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffit%2525252525252Fw_1702%2525252525252Ch_1064%2525252525252Cq_90%2525252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%2525252526hash%252525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%25252526hash%2525253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%252526hash%25253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%2526hash%253Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31%26hash%3D200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d&hash=f00e4ad265c3dd8beeb49f8d62ecf238[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Selinos[/B] Circa 410 BCE AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare. [I]ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich; ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404; ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript[/I][/QUOTE]
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