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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3091611, member: 85693&quot;]I completely understand, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/1934-wreath-crown.76965/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/1934-wreath-crown.76965/">1934 Wreath Crown.</a>&nbsp; The very first Greek coin I ever owned was bought back in 1987, a drachm of Alexander the Great (posthumous, from what I found on line, it was issued by Antigonus I Monophthalmus).&nbsp; I paid $75 for it, which was a fortune (I was a student) but when it arrived in the mail I couldn&#039;t believe I owned something so beautiful, and so old.&nbsp; It is still one of my favorites:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]780229[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]780230[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedonia Kingdom Drachm </b></p><p><b>Antigonus I Monophthalmus</b></p><p><b>(c. 320-306 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Lampsakos Mint</b></p><p>Head of Herakles in lion skin / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus std. left on throne, eagle &amp; sceptre. Controls: obv. forepart Pegasos left; rev. AI below throne.</p><p>Price 1385; S-6731.</p><p>(4.22 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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