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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5145742, member: 97383"][ATTACH=full]1207830[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Seleukis and Pieria, Dated year 18 (92/91 BC). Obverse: Tyche with Turreted crown facing right & surrounded by border of elongated beads. Reverse: Thunderbolt of Zeus on a fancy stool & inscriptions, all within a wreath. AR Tetradrachm: 15.00 gm, 34 mm, 12 h. Very rare date. BMC-; DCA 697.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I didn't want to present this coin until it was photographed again. The printed catalog & online catalog shows the coin slightly out of focus & darker than the coin actually is. The descriptions of the coin also have a typo, stating the diameter at 24 mm, it's actually 34 mm. I fell in love with the high relief portrait of Tyche, & the immense flan gives the coin a medallic appearance. When I saw the low estimate of 500 British pounds I was determined to bid on the coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The bidding began at a frenzied pace & soon reached the final bid of 3 times the estimate <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I felt like a kid in a candy store who lost control <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coin was mine at 3 time the estimate <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I felt foolish for paying so much, but when the coin arrived the guilt disappeared. The coin in-hand is mesmerizing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I don't know anyone who collects this coin type by date. Do any <b>CT</b> members know just how rare the date of this coin is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5145742, member: 97383"][ATTACH=full]1207830[/ATTACH] [B]Seleukis and Pieria, Dated year 18 (92/91 BC). Obverse: Tyche with Turreted crown facing right & surrounded by border of elongated beads. Reverse: Thunderbolt of Zeus on a fancy stool & inscriptions, all within a wreath. AR Tetradrachm: 15.00 gm, 34 mm, 12 h. Very rare date. BMC-; DCA 697. [/B] I didn't want to present this coin until it was photographed again. The printed catalog & online catalog shows the coin slightly out of focus & darker than the coin actually is. The descriptions of the coin also have a typo, stating the diameter at 24 mm, it's actually 34 mm. I fell in love with the high relief portrait of Tyche, & the immense flan gives the coin a medallic appearance. When I saw the low estimate of 500 British pounds I was determined to bid on the coin :smuggrin:. The bidding began at a frenzied pace & soon reached the final bid of 3 times the estimate :eek:! I felt like a kid in a candy store who lost control :wacky:. The coin was mine at 3 time the estimate :jawdrop:. I felt foolish for paying so much, but when the coin arrived the guilt disappeared. The coin in-hand is mesmerizing :wideyed:. I don't know anyone who collects this coin type by date. Do any [B]CT[/B] members know just how rare the date of this coin is o_O? [B] [/B][/QUOTE]
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