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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8268595, member: 26430&quot;]Wonderful, that sounds exciting! I think I have exactly two coins of Tarentum, including one Diobol. Really lovely coins, I can see why you would want to devote a lot of time to them. (I&#039;m looking forward to seeing what I can learn about my type!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Herakles and the lion don&#039;t look so great on my reverse, but I loved the obverse style of this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I figure the deep toning may come from some old collections, though I may never find which. I do know it was <a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l30182382" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l30182382" rel="nofollow">previously from the Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection</a> who collected for many decades with her husband Vladimir (both numismatic curators at the Smithsonian, in Washington). Before them, the trail is long cold!</p><p><br /></p><p>My stater-nomos-didrachm would probably be the more exciting coin for most people, but I love them about equally:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459229[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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