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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3218418, member: 19463"]Yes, it was property one collector over the last 20 years or so mostly from name auctions and full price dealers. In addition to the small ones, he had a thing for Thasos tetradrachms of barbarous style and a few other unofficial looking Greek types. I believe there were about 300 small coins with duplication in a few places but most duplicates were actually minor variations with a dot here or there. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will see the dealer again Friday in Baltimore but don't know if I will want to look at the boxes again to see what I missed or wait and see if the prices go down in a year. These might not be easy to sell unless one buyer decides to make an offer for the group. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another:</p><p>Seal head of Phokaia, Ionia, 8mm, 0.33g hemiobol? He had a lot of those small coins with the denomination marked on the reverse but I had enough of them already so did not buy his. My marked tetartemoria weigh about this much so this seal may be a tetartemorion. That would make an obol over 1g which seems too much. I don't claim to know. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]837338[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>While I'm on little animals, this cock is so well centered that it loses something on every side. The reverse is a triskles with central pellet. It was attributed to 'Asia Minor, uncertain'. 11mm 0.15g (thin)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]837342[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3218418, member: 19463"]Yes, it was property one collector over the last 20 years or so mostly from name auctions and full price dealers. In addition to the small ones, he had a thing for Thasos tetradrachms of barbarous style and a few other unofficial looking Greek types. I believe there were about 300 small coins with duplication in a few places but most duplicates were actually minor variations with a dot here or there. I will see the dealer again Friday in Baltimore but don't know if I will want to look at the boxes again to see what I missed or wait and see if the prices go down in a year. These might not be easy to sell unless one buyer decides to make an offer for the group. Another: Seal head of Phokaia, Ionia, 8mm, 0.33g hemiobol? He had a lot of those small coins with the denomination marked on the reverse but I had enough of them already so did not buy his. My marked tetartemoria weigh about this much so this seal may be a tetartemorion. That would make an obol over 1g which seems too much. I don't claim to know. [ATTACH=full]837338[/ATTACH] While I'm on little animals, this cock is so well centered that it loses something on every side. The reverse is a triskles with central pellet. It was attributed to 'Asia Minor, uncertain'. 11mm 0.15g (thin) [ATTACH=full]837342[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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