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<p>[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2807015, member: 72818"]Like [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] and others, I don't have a problem with them but I haven't been collecting them either......except this one I purchased sometime in early 2015 from FORVM----believed to be from the British Museum, circa 1860:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Electroplate Replica, Lebedos, Ionia, c. 160 - 140 B.C.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>72035. Electroplate silver tetradrachm, Stephanophoric type; cf. Amandry Lebedos, Group IV, 25 (D5/R-); BMC Ionia p. 154, 1; Boston MFA Supp. 170; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -, gVF, 16.067 grams, 30.7 mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Apollodotos, c. 160 - 140 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet with laurel branch above visor; reverse Owl standing right, head facing, on club, between two filleted cornucopias overflowing with grapes, grain and fruit, LEBEDIWN above, APOLL-ODOTOS below, all within wreath</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/72035q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2807015, member: 72818"]Like [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] and others, I don't have a problem with them but I haven't been collecting them either......except this one I purchased sometime in early 2015 from FORVM----believed to be from the British Museum, circa 1860: [B]Electroplate Replica, Lebedos, Ionia, c. 160 - 140 B.C.[/B] 72035. Electroplate silver tetradrachm, Stephanophoric type; cf. Amandry Lebedos, Group IV, 25 (D5/R-); BMC Ionia p. 154, 1; Boston MFA Supp. 170; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -, gVF, 16.067 grams, 30.7 mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Apollodotos, c. 160 - 140 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet with laurel branch above visor; reverse Owl standing right, head facing, on club, between two filleted cornucopias overflowing with grapes, grain and fruit, LEBEDIWN above, APOLL-ODOTOS below, all within wreath [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/72035q00.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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