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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7928745, member: 10461&quot;]I <i>wish</i> I could personally admire all of the ones I posted above.&nbsp; Alas, due to the revolving nature of my collection, all but two of those are “bygones” now.&nbsp; Only the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/">Taras owl</a> and the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/egypt-ptolemaic-kingdom-silver-didrachm-of-ptolemy-vi-philometer-ca-163-145-bc.361518/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/egypt-ptolemaic-kingdom-silver-didrachm-of-ptolemy-vi-philometer-ca-163-145-bc.361518/">Ptolemy VI didrachm</a> remain with me in the latest incarnation of my <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/7627/coin-lord-marcovas-eclectic-box-collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/7627/coin-lord-marcovas-eclectic-box-collection" rel="nofollow">Eclectic Box</a> collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least the Amisos owl, posthumous ATG tet, and Seleucid tet are&nbsp; in my oldest numismatic friend [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER]’s collection now, so I do still get to visit them once a year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Corinthian stater and stunning little Ch. MS Perseus drachm belong to [USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER] now.&nbsp; He too has acquired some of my past best.</p><p><br /></p><p>The apparent moral of the story: become a good friend to [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER], and you might occasionally get to cherrypick his collection when he needs to sell something! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I need more Greek silver, and probably also need to hold on to what I have a bit more tightly!&nbsp; These days I can usually only afford the smaller pieces.&nbsp; There haven’t ever been many tetradrachms in my collection.&nbsp; Usually it’s been the smaller fractions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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