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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Smojo, post: 3269051, member: 78058&quot;]Again Thanks to [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&nbsp; she has the foresight and thoughtfulness to know I likely wouldn&#039;t have time to take photos. A skill I admit I lack the talent that some of you have and I seriously doubt I could come close to her skill.</p><p>So not only did I get a couple of awsome coins I also got top notch photos of the coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]861841[/ATTACH] </p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</p><p>Regnal year 9, 145/6 CE</p><p>AE drachm</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Roma seated left on cuirass, shield behind, holding Nike and parazonium; LENA TOV around.</p><p>Ref: Dattari 2794; Emmett 1644.9</p><p>Ex TIF Collection <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]861842[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>THESSALY, Perrhaiboi</p><p>c. 450-400 BCE</p><p>AR obol; 12 mm, 0.87 gm, 6 h</p><p>Olosson or Phalanna mint</p><p>Obv: bridled horse rearing left</p><p>Rev: Π-Ε-Ρ-Α; Athena in running stance right, holding shield and spear; all within incuse square</p><p>Ref: BCDThessaly I 1242; BCD Thessaly II 552.2; HGC 4, 151</p><p>Ex X6 Collection, from CNG 393, lot 40 (15 March 2017)</p><p>Ex BCD Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The obol when I opened it around 1 AM (yeah I work those hours) had me stumped, but a PM from TIF with the photos and knowing it was a Stevex coin it hit me, somewhere in Thessaly. I scrolled to see the attribution and thought yeah that would have taken me a while to figure out.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now I am the proud custodian of my collection that includes something from the TIF collection and something from the Stevex collection. Not sure anybody can top that this Christmas <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p>Thanks Again</p><p>IO Saturnalia</p><p><br /></p><p>HAPPY and SAFE holidays to everyone[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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