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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 3421914, member: 15445&quot;]This weekend ANoob &amp; I attended the Liberty Coin Show in West Haven, Connecticut. A mutual friend met us at the show &amp; gave us each a meteorite.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; ANoob got a piece of iron meteorite from the big crater in Arizona &amp; I received a more common rock type (basically star-dust from the beginning of the Universe).&nbsp; It’s not everyday that someone just hands you a meteorite.&nbsp; I&#039;ll post photos in the Rock &amp; Mineral thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to the coins: <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This first acquisition is pretty old.&nbsp; It includes a running archaic-style satyr on a Thasos coin.&nbsp; It weighs-in at 1.12 grams which makes it an obol right?</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]908661[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]908663[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>THRACE, Thasos</b></p><p><b>AR Obol</b></p><p><b>525 – 463 B.C.</b></p><p>1.12 grams, 11 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Running Archaic-style Satyr</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Quadripartite incuse square</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Toned VF centered &amp; attractive</p><p><b>Other:</b> Rosen 144 from Allen Berman 3/19, previously Pegasi</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin has a very clear lion’s scalp facing.&nbsp; This Magna Graecia coin weighs 0.81 grams making it a silver litra right?</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]908660[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]908659[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>BRUTTIUM, Rhegium</b></p><p><b>AR Litra</b></p><p><b>Before 387 B.C.</b></p><p>0.81 grams, 11 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Lion scalp facing</p><p><b>Rev:</b> PH within olive spray</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Nicely toned VF</p><p><b>Other: </b>SNG.ANS.670.&nbsp; From Allen Berman 3/19 previously Pegasi</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for letting me share the new coins.&nbsp; Do you have something running, scalpy, or from Thasos or Rhegium?</p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Please post ‘em if you got ‘em.</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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