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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2833200, member: 56859&quot;]Nice!!&nbsp; There must&#039;ve been a large hoard of these found a few years back because suddenly a bunch of them hit the market.&nbsp; I don&#039;t remember seeing such a nice obol before though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a drachm and a hemidrachm.&nbsp; The drachm looks like it was struck from a rusty die, plus it was exuberantly stripped.&nbsp; I left the drachm open to the corrosive stew that is my air so that it would retone.&nbsp; It did quite rapidly but I never reshot it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vadfradadiihemidrachm_edited-1med-jpg.300337/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGDOM OF PERSIS, Vadfradad (Autophradates) II</b></p><p><b>Mid-2nd century BC</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 2.06 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Vadfradad right with short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia adorned with eagle</p><p>Rev: fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, Vadfradad standing right; to right, vexillum standard surmounted by eagle.</p><p>Ref: Sunrise 578.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vadfradaddrachm3med-jpg.300338/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGDOM OF PERSIS, Vadfradad (Autophradates) II</b></p><p><b>Mid-2nd century BC</b></p><p>AR drachm, 4.13 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Vadfradad right with short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia adorned with eagle</p><p>Rev: fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, Vadfradad standing right; to right, vexillum standard surmounted by eagle</p><p>Ref: K&amp;M 3/2. Alram 547. Sunrise 576.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of fire altars, which are central Zoroastrianism, Freddie Mercury (late of Queen) was a Zoroastrian.&nbsp; Earlier this month I took my 84 year old fangirl mom on a road trip to see them in Dallas and Houston.&nbsp; (To be accurate, she&#039;s an <i>Adam Lambert</i> fangirl and he is Queen&#039;s singer these days; she has come to like Queen but would never have bothered to see them in concert if not for Adam).</p><p><br /></p><p>Freddie makes a couple of virtual appearances in their show, here in Bohemian Rhapsody:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668305[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The staging of their latest show was spectacular.&nbsp; Queen + Adam Lambert is touring Europe starting in November and Oceania in early 2018.&nbsp; Great show, highly recommend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Tickets are hideously expensive but upon seeing the elaborate staging, it&#039;s easy to see why they cost so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]668308[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668309[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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