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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;snewman, post: 2050717, member: 31036&quot;]I was watching ebay (not a new hobby) and came across this.&nbsp; It closed a few days ago and I strongly considered attempting to buy it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tenedos-Islands-off-Troas-550-470-BC-silver-Obol-/231422960061" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tenedos-Islands-off-Troas-550-470-BC-silver-Obol-/231422960061" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tenedos-Islands-off-Troas-550-470-BC-silver-Obol-/231422960061</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376537[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I realized that I have no experience with this type of coin, but the history on it is pretty cool (first coin to have Greek Letters on it) and the engraver was awesome.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a little research and couldn&#039;t find any close to this nice -- the other examples I saw were a bit more cartoonish.&nbsp; Without anything else to go on, I had to assume that it wasn&#039;t real and passed.&nbsp; The question is, someone paid $160 for it - perhaps someone as foolish as I could have been.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts? (authenticity, historic claims, artwork, etc...)</p><p>thanks!</p><p>Scott[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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