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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2081242, member: 56859&quot;]That&#039;s an envy-inducing coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Evil octopus plotting to attack nymph:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]387369[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; Dionysos I</b></p><p><b>390 BCE</b></p><p>Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; octopus</p><p>Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish this one was nicer but the type is hard to find in decent condition-- hard to find in <i>any</i> condition.&nbsp; The reverse isn&#039;t too bad though. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]387370[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>c. 425 BCE </b>(during the Peloponnesian War)</p><p>Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Female head right; XXX before</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Hippocamp right, octopus below</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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