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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24618050, member: 26430"]Nice Shapur Drachm! I've been waiting for one for a long time to go with my Valerian Antoniniani with Parthian Captives (ironic, since Valerian was captured by the ruler in Persia!). I did, however, manage to end a different years-long collecting quest this morning at Elsen 155...albeit one that may seem rather odd to many. I finally finished my goal of acquiring at least one coin from each of the 10 major BCD Collection sales.* Last on the list was BCD Olympia (Leu 90 in 2004). Got this Elis AR Obol from the 105th Olympiad, c. 360 BCE. Quite a distinctive eagle (Hera, too). Certainly a nice bonus to have also been part of the collection of important Belgian numismatist Marc Bar (1921 – 2015): [ATTACH=full]1565041[/ATTACH] Happily (like many of the BCD coins), it is also the plate coin for HGC 5, 472: [ATTACH=full]1565039[/ATTACH] The Leu 90 catalog images:[ATTACH=full]1565040[/ATTACH] * The 10 major catalogs (in addition to many minor sales): BCD Akarnania-Aetolia = M&M GmbH 23; BCD Boiotia = Triton IX; BCD Corinth = Lanz 105; BCD Euboia = Lanz 111; BCD Lokris-Phokis = NAC 55; BCD Olympia = Leu 90; BCD Peloponnesos I & II = Leu 96 & CNG 81.2; BCD Thessaly I & II = Nomos 4 & Triton XV.[/QUOTE]