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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2994741, member: 85693&quot;]Good to hear your coin showed up, Gavin.&nbsp; I recently got one from Canada - a bottom-feeder&#039;s cheapie with $2 postage regular first class.&nbsp; It took a couple weeks from Ontario to the Midwest.&nbsp; Risky, but I&#039;ve had a couple of experiences with Canadian 1st class without any problems.&nbsp; Other shipments from the far west, Alberta, etc. take much longer, in my limited experience.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin-from-Ontario turned out to be somewhat scarce, a Ptolemaic bronze from the Kyrene mint featuring a silphium plant (interesting story behind that - there are some great posts on this forum about silphium).&nbsp; FORVM has one up now on eBay for $86 and I think mine is prettier (well, maybe &quot;pretty&quot; is the wrong word) and only $8 (US):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]739732[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]739733[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ptolemy IX Lathyros&nbsp; Æ 19</b></p><p><b>(c. 116-81 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Kyrene mint </b></p><p>Zeus Ammon right / [ΠΤΟ]ΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ], two eagles standing left on thunderbolts, silphium plant in left field.</p><p>Svoronos 1158 (Ptolemy IV); SNG 455.</p><p>(8.09 grams / 19 mm )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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