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<p>[QUOTE="kazuma78, post: 8211042, member: 17304"]Here's my first ancient I ever bought, which is now a part of the [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] eclectic box collection. I picked it up an a whim sometime around 2008-2010 at one of the World Fair of Money shows back when I collected US only. I then bought almost no ancients between then and 2015 when I bought an Aegina turtle stater. I bought a scarce few ancients between 2017 and 2019 and in 2020 I really caught the ancient bug. That's about all I collect now.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440590[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is my most recent ancient addition:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440591[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysius I (406/5-367 BC). AV 20-litrai or tetradrachm (10mm, 0.99 gm, 8h). Attic standard, ca. 406/5 BC. ΣYPA, head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin headdress / Σ-Y/P-A, quadripartite incuse square; small head of Arethusa in central incuse circle, all within incuse circle with double border. SNG ANS 351-4. HGC 2, 1289. NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 5/5.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Hirsch XV, 1906), lot 1175[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kazuma78, post: 8211042, member: 17304"]Here's my first ancient I ever bought, which is now a part of the [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] eclectic box collection. I picked it up an a whim sometime around 2008-2010 at one of the World Fair of Money shows back when I collected US only. I then bought almost no ancients between then and 2015 when I bought an Aegina turtle stater. I bought a scarce few ancients between 2017 and 2019 and in 2020 I really caught the ancient bug. That's about all I collect now. [ATTACH=full]1440590[/ATTACH] And here is my most recent ancient addition: [ATTACH=full]1440591[/ATTACH] SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysius I (406/5-367 BC). AV 20-litrai or tetradrachm (10mm, 0.99 gm, 8h). Attic standard, ca. 406/5 BC. ΣYPA, head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin headdress / Σ-Y/P-A, quadripartite incuse square; small head of Arethusa in central incuse circle, all within incuse circle with double border. SNG ANS 351-4. HGC 2, 1289. NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 5/5. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Hirsch XV, 1906), lot 1175[/QUOTE]
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