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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2597368, member: 10461"]OK, now... WOW. <i>That's</i> what I'm talking' about!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":snaphappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And back on the topic of these Miletos lions, I was always struck by how handsome and sophisticated the stellate design of the reverse was, in comparison to the punches done on other archaic coins. Its easy to forget how <i>early</i> these things are. I guess Asia Minor was "where it was all happening" in those days, huh?</p><p><br /></p><p>This makes me want another archaic issue, even if it's teeny-tiny like these. My current holdings extend no further back than the 2nd century BC, since I sold that Miletos piece above a few years back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2597368, member: 10461"]OK, now... WOW. [I]That's[/I] what I'm talking' about!!! :nailbiting::snaphappy::woot: And back on the topic of these Miletos lions, I was always struck by how handsome and sophisticated the stellate design of the reverse was, in comparison to the punches done on other archaic coins. Its easy to forget how [I]early[/I] these things are. I guess Asia Minor was "where it was all happening" in those days, huh? This makes me want another archaic issue, even if it's teeny-tiny like these. My current holdings extend no further back than the 2nd century BC, since I sold that Miletos piece above a few years back.[/QUOTE]
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