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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3002366, member: 10461&quot;]A few others I used to have...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Calabria, Taras- silver obol, ca. 250 BC</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse- kantharos, surrounded by (five) pellets.</p><p>Reverse- kantharos, surrounded by pellets.</p><p><br /></p><p>11 mm, 0.4 g. Ex-Brian Bucklan (bargainbinancients.com), 5/22/2014.</p><p><br /></p><p>With cabinet toning from an old collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Ancient%20Coins-%20Greek%20and%20Roman%20Provincial/Calabria-Taras-AR-obol-006560-1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ionia, Teos, silver trihemiobol, ca. 510-490 BC</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse- griffin seated right, forepaw raised.</p><p>Reverse- quadripartite incuse square, bold partition lines forming cross, irregular shapes within incuse quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC Ch VF (Strike 3/5, Surface: 5/5). 10.5 mm, 1.46 g. Ex-FORVM Ancient Coins, 7/18/2012, purchased raw. </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC went with a wider date range of 500-450 BC, but FORVM was more specific, dating it to ca. 510-490 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love griffins!&nbsp; Need to get me another one someday.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/ADAM%20Collection/ADAM-Ionia-Teos-AR-Trihemiobol-013500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ionia, Miletos, AR obol ca. Late 6th-5th century BC.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t resist this one at $26!</p><p><br /></p><p>(The plastic slab was a later addition, and cost more than the coin itself.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/ADAM%20Collection/ADAM-Ionia-Miletus-AR-Obol-006100.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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