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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kazuma78, post: 8063025, member: 17304&quot;]Thanks! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Velia didrachms are cool coins. I love the lion on the reverse. I would eventually like to get one with a griffin or some other thing on the helmet and not just a wing. I do love the provenance of this coin. It&#039;s the oldest known ancient provenance I have in my collection at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks! I have been pleased with the distribution of votes. It&#039;s really fun to see what strikes everyone else fancy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I love the style and the way the toning accents the coin makes up for the wear. I was gladd to add one of these as I had been after the type for awhile.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was only listing in chronological order of when I bought them. Personally I would put the Daric up there at the top spot in terms of my favorite of the year. Those suckers are HARD to find with good centering and a strong strike without die shift. For the style its not perfect but its certainly up there. Its one I paid well for but don&#039;t regret it since it is such an unusually nice coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks! I really was drawn to the fluting on the Amphora for the Thebes Stater. I&#039;ve wanted the type for a long time and this one seemed particularly nice. I also like that it was Ex. BCD collection. The photo doesn&#039;t show the toning well but its actually quite nice. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks! I loved the essentially complete border on the obverse. It doesn&#039;t seem like these come complete like that very often. The relief on both sides of the coin are pretty extreme on both sides. Honestly, had I not seen this coin in hand first in Chicago before the auction, I probably would not have bid because of the edge bend notation, but its really not noticeable in hand and doesn&#039;t detract from the coin at all in my opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree Doug. The incuse coins are super cool. I would eventually like to add some of the other types. That obol is really neat, I don&#039;t think I have seen one of those before like that. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks! I feel fortunate to have been able to pick that one up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks! The transitional owl pairs well with my mass emission issue owl. I was glad to be able to get it and as a bonus it was for sale alongside a bunch of common mass emission owls and went unnoticed, to my luck. I was excited to pick it up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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