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<p>[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2587847, member: 72818"]Of course, I was supposed to put all further purchases into a January or February, 2017 coin 'basket'....but I snuck one past the 'mean old killjoy' who rules the roost... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jeez, who can resist a cool silver Tetradrachm, right?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie54" alt=":hungry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Not to mention that it seemed to be obtainable for a low/average retail cost with free shipping....and so it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm, I seem to have temporarily fallen into a specific niche whereby both sides of the coin depict the same god or goddess----in this case Dionysos. And the coin itself is in decent grade/condition while struck in a attractive 'fine artistic' style... so I simply couldn't resist it.</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroneia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroneia" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroneia</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Maroneia, Thrace; Circa 189-149 BC: 16.23 gram, 32 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv: Head of Dionysos right,wearing ivy wreath</b></p><p><b>Rev: ΔIONYΣOΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / MAPΩNITΩN. </b></p><p><b>Dionysos standing slightly left, holding grape bunch and narthex stalks. Controls: Monogram to inner left and inner right.</b></p><p><b>Reference Schönert-Geiss 984. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]563078[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]563079[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2587847, member: 72818"]Of course, I was supposed to put all further purchases into a January or February, 2017 coin 'basket'....but I snuck one past the 'mean old killjoy' who rules the roost... :cigar::dead::D Jeez, who can resist a cool silver Tetradrachm, right?:hungry: Not to mention that it seemed to be obtainable for a low/average retail cost with free shipping....and so it was. Hmmm, I seem to have temporarily fallen into a specific niche whereby both sides of the coin depict the same god or goddess----in this case Dionysos. And the coin itself is in decent grade/condition while struck in a attractive 'fine artistic' style... so I simply couldn't resist it. :) [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroneia[/url] Maroneia, Thrace; Circa 189-149 BC: 16.23 gram, 32 mm. [B]Obv: Head of Dionysos right,wearing ivy wreath Rev: ΔIONYΣOΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / MAPΩNITΩN. Dionysos standing slightly left, holding grape bunch and narthex stalks. Controls: Monogram to inner left and inner right. Reference Schönert-Geiss 984. [ATTACH=full]563078[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]563079[/ATTACH] [/B][/QUOTE]
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