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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4956203, member: 56859&quot;]It&#039;s easy to see why you fell in love with that coin!&nbsp; Hadrian&#039;s portrait is magnificent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not counting a bunch of &quot;uncleaned&quot; dregs (my first foray into ancients) and some prutot which were ostensibly bought for a religious friend (and never given <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), this Corinth stater is my longest owned coin.&nbsp; That&#039;s not saying much... I started collecting ancients in 2013.</p><p><br /></p><p>When splurging on this coin-- and I have since blown its cost out of the water many times over-- I told myself that every collector should have <b>one</b> nice ancient coin.&nbsp; I had no intention of buying more.&nbsp; Coins are what you get in change for paper money and if a piece of change turns out to be valuable, lucky you.&nbsp; Oh the little lies we tell ourselves <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D1ca0643e4b9946ae6b3be1ff95f7ab1f&amp;hash=f7b7c3a7ca632b41aeb888fc2a0ea19a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>345-307 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 8.65 gm</p><p>Obv Pegasus flying left, qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; mask of Silenus behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety.</p><p>from Heritage Auctions, June 2013[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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