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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2807188, member: 56859&quot;]Okay <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p><b>modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready</b></p><p><b>host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872</b></p><p>AR &quot;tetradrachm&quot;, 27 mm, 16.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K)</p><p>Edge: initials R R</p><p>Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. <i>A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270</i>. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. <i>A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype</i>, London. 1880. Period III C #44.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotypesideview-1000-jpg.463701/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The writeup, including a funny story about my bidding name in this auction:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And because the poll proved that bacon is very important to ancient coin collectors, highlights from a 2010 Bacon Throwdown at a friend&#039;s house <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bacon S&#039;mores:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/baconsmore-jpg.431333/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bacon Firecracker Shrimp (shrimp, bacon, cream cheese, pickled jalepenos in wonton wrapper, fried in bacon grease, served with bacon ponzu dipping sauce)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/baconfirecrackershrimp-jpg.431334/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bacon-wrapped parmesan-stuffed dried plums (sounds fancier than <i>prunes</i>), adapted from a similar recipe using dates.&nbsp; Super easy and extremely yummy, albeit lacking a visual wow factor.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/smbaconwrappedprunes-jpg.295929/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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