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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1991809, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Yah, I&#039;ve posted this coin previously, but I was attempting to also add-in the &quot;extra bells &amp; whistles&quot; that came along with this cool coin (sadly, I did not pull it off nearly as well as Doug) ... </font></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm</b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">(240 Onkia)</span></b></p><p>478-466 BC</p><p>Struck circa 478-475 BC</p><p>Diameter: 24 mm</p><p>Weight: 16.90 grams</p><p>Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses</p><p>Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around</p><p>Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)</p><p>Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132</span></b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356692[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356688[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]356689[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="4">=&gt; Worst provenance photos &quot;ever</font></font>&quot;<font size="4"> ... oh well, hopefully you get the gist? (from an auction that occurred over 100 years ago ... kinda cool in itself, eh?)</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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