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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 2441176, member: 37707&quot;]My dream coin: (just so happens to have Alpheios, the River God on the Obv)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]508726[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. <i>Gelon. </i></b>Tyrant, 485-478. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.99 g, 12h). Head of the river god Alpheios facing, with a moustache, long beard, small horns (their tips off the flan) and non-human ears / ΣVRA, Two large grains of barley; all within a deep incuse square. C. Arnold-Biucchi, and A.-P. C. Weiss, “The River God Alpheios on the First Tetradrachm Issue of Gelon at Syracuse,” <i>QT</i> XXXVI (2007), pp. 59-74, pl. I, 1-1a (<i>this coin</i>). Reverse marginally triple struck, <i>otherwise</i>, extremely fine. <i>Unique</i>. A spectacular and important archaic coin of great beauty and power, one of the most important discoveries in the coinage of 5th century Sicily ever made. Toned and with an astoundingly virtuoso facing head of Alpheios, <i>very probably the finest facing head ever to appear on Greek coinage</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sold for 700,000 CNG 2009 (not including buyer&#039;s fee((but does it even matter at this price point?))</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few Neapolii Didrachms. I&#039;ll see If I can find the photos. </p><p><br /></p><p>-Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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