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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3375947, member: 98035&quot;]Doesn&#039;t have to be strictly Roman; they just make the best examples because many of the categories don&#039;t apply to Greek or non-classical coins for the most part. In fact, Greek coins can be so fickle that I&#039;ve learned not to sell anything valuable on ebay without a high starting bid. Case in point:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]895462[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cilicia, uncertain satrap</p><p>AR Hemiobol</p><p>Head of Herakles / Head of Aphrodite (?)</p><p>Unpublished, not in any auction archives</p><p><b>Sold for $30</b></p><p>Still pains me to think of that fateful sale.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are some other rarities that I won&#039;t let go for a few dollars, and have been unable to sell at anything resembling a decent price:</p><p><br /></p><p>Chersonesos AR Diobol (not hemidrachm)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895463[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Aeolis, Kyme AR Trihemiobol (not hemiobol)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895465[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Cyprus Pyntos AR hemiobol</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895466[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia AR hemiobol, Head of seal in very unusual style and facing the wrong way</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895467[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Kelenderis AR obol, unpublished type</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895468[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Cilicia unpublished type (head right, not left)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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