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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2264705, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Thanks!!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a 2400+ year old silver coin from Sicily.</p><p><br /></p><p>Full attribution:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p><b>Circa 410 BCE</b></p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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