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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4245315, member: 102103&quot;][ATTACH=full]1083717[/ATTACH] </p><p>I&#039;ve always wanted an electrum coin due to my interest in chemistry/metallurgy and monetary history.&nbsp; This one was the only electrum example in a nice collection of ancients recently added at my local coin shop.&nbsp; So I took the plunge and traded in a bunch of 90% US silver for this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe it to be an electrum hekte (1/6 stater) from Mytilene on the Island of Lesbos, around 500 BC.&nbsp; Obverse is a lion, reverse is an incuse calf&#039;s head.&nbsp; It&#039;s quite tiny.&nbsp; I&#039;m no expert on ancient coins, so any comments and input are welcomed!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Photo was taken with a friend&#039;s camera and tripod to take successive images at different focal planes and combine them to create a combined image with the entire image (hopefully) in clear focus.&nbsp;&nbsp; He gets much better results than I do with coin photography.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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