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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3158639, member: 72790"]Thanks for all this help and I am sorry for the poor quality images. I'm still working on this aspect of coin collecting, posting pictures. I purchased this coin at a great eastern show in the mid 1970's for some $300. I have no idea who the dealer was. I never thought much about its authenticity until I read how rare these pieces are and had recently purchased a different Greek coin which both the dealer and I thought spurious. I bought that one for a small sum as a curiosity. That turned out to be a jeweler's copy but its surface reminded me of the old didrachma and as I looked at the old coin I saw the similarity from a lost wax copy on the surface. Three hundred dollars was a very big purchase for me back then but it's the sort of loss collectors of ancients are bound to incur if one collects enough ancient coins over a long period. One thing is for sure. I have imbedded this image of a cast surface in my innermost reptilian brain and will instantly recoil at seeing something like this again. I'll add this to the recently purchased lost wax copy and perhaps start a collection of those to serve as a brake to my enthusiasm (or cupidity). Thanks again for enduring the pain from gritting your teeth at my fuzzomatic photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3158639, member: 72790"]Thanks for all this help and I am sorry for the poor quality images. I'm still working on this aspect of coin collecting, posting pictures. I purchased this coin at a great eastern show in the mid 1970's for some $300. I have no idea who the dealer was. I never thought much about its authenticity until I read how rare these pieces are and had recently purchased a different Greek coin which both the dealer and I thought spurious. I bought that one for a small sum as a curiosity. That turned out to be a jeweler's copy but its surface reminded me of the old didrachma and as I looked at the old coin I saw the similarity from a lost wax copy on the surface. Three hundred dollars was a very big purchase for me back then but it's the sort of loss collectors of ancients are bound to incur if one collects enough ancient coins over a long period. One thing is for sure. I have imbedded this image of a cast surface in my innermost reptilian brain and will instantly recoil at seeing something like this again. I'll add this to the recently purchased lost wax copy and perhaps start a collection of those to serve as a brake to my enthusiasm (or cupidity). Thanks again for enduring the pain from gritting your teeth at my fuzzomatic photos.[/QUOTE]
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