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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2467449, member: 56859&quot;]Once again I have to blame/thank [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]&nbsp; (&amp; [USER=19615]@Volodya[/USER] -- nice article, beautiful necklace!).&nbsp; Zumbly&#039;s excellent writeup lit a Nymphaeum-like fire in my head and finding one of these zoomed up to the top tier in my wish list despite its glorification of violence against bunnies <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>As pointed out in prior posts, there are few comps so I expected a long wait. To my delight an example appeared in a recent auction!&nbsp; It&#039;s not in great shape-- par for the course for these, apparently-- but I love it and am very happy to be the new owner <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518311[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>c. 1st century BCE</p><p>AR 15 mm, 1.25 gm</p><p>Obv: AI-NEA; fires of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; dotted border</p><p>Rev: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATAN, lagobolon; dotted border</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; BMC 44; Maier 121</p><p><br /></p><p>1/2 victoriatus?&nbsp; Diobol?&nbsp; Hemidrachm?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know so I&#039;ll just say AR 1.25 gm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited:</p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for other examples again I found my coin listed in a February 2014 Hirsch auction.&nbsp; It failed to sell and thankfully this time it was offered for considerably less.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1848847" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1848847" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1848847</a>&nbsp; I guess ratty off-center slivers of silver aren&#039;t everyone&#039;s cup of tea <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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