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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5168538, member: 19463"]It was hard to vote since you numbered 5 & 6 reversed in the voting section. Claudius is some coin but my favorite by far is the Syracuse tetradrachm for a reason that will mean nothing to anyone but me (and hopefully a little to you). I am just a bit hurt, however, that I was not mentioned in your write up on the coin. I assume you have not read my page below where I discuss die R481 and show my coin using that same die.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f66.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f66.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f66.html</a></p><p>Boehringer 703 (V345/R481)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210760[/ATTACH] </p><p>Yours is repeated below for comparison.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-tet-jpg.1210667/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our coins are very different when it comes to centering and strike. Yours has only the dolphin at the bottom which my coin lacks favoring the dolphins at top and right. The uneven angle of strike on my coin makes it hard to say which was struck first but the Boehringer numbers suggest that mine was first. I believe it was later. I find it impossible that they replaced the obverse die (twice?) before the reverse with that big chunk missing behind and above Arethusa's head. Perhaps Boehringer did not number the dies in the order of use??? </p><p><br /></p><p>A little looking online shows that obverse 345 must have been later and still in use when the break had enlarged as shown on this CNG coin sold in electronic sale 118. I really wish I had seen it and I would have bid more than the realization for sure. </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481</a></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/118028.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps one of our more knowledgeable members can set straight my confusion. Please! </p><p><br /></p><p>Numerologists: The CNG coin sold was their number 68<b>481</b>. The reverse die was Boehringer R<b>481</b>. My coin has the catalog number as <b>480</b>. Obviously I was supposed to buy one more coin before that day in 1991 when I got my coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5168538, member: 19463"]It was hard to vote since you numbered 5 & 6 reversed in the voting section. Claudius is some coin but my favorite by far is the Syracuse tetradrachm for a reason that will mean nothing to anyone but me (and hopefully a little to you). I am just a bit hurt, however, that I was not mentioned in your write up on the coin. I assume you have not read my page below where I discuss die R481 and show my coin using that same die. [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f66.html[/URL] Boehringer 703 (V345/R481) [ATTACH=full]1210760[/ATTACH] Yours is repeated below for comparison. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-tet-jpg.1210667/[/IMG] Our coins are very different when it comes to centering and strike. Yours has only the dolphin at the bottom which my coin lacks favoring the dolphins at top and right. The uneven angle of strike on my coin makes it hard to say which was struck first but the Boehringer numbers suggest that mine was first. I believe it was later. I find it impossible that they replaced the obverse die (twice?) before the reverse with that big chunk missing behind and above Arethusa's head. Perhaps Boehringer did not number the dies in the order of use??? A little looking online shows that obverse 345 must have been later and still in use when the break had enlarged as shown on this CNG coin sold in electronic sale 118. I really wish I had seen it and I would have bid more than the realization for sure. [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481[/URL] [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/118028.jpg[/IMG] Perhaps one of our more knowledgeable members can set straight my confusion. Please! Numerologists: The CNG coin sold was their number 68[B]481[/B]. The reverse die was Boehringer R[B]481[/B]. My coin has the catalog number as [B]480[/B]. Obviously I was supposed to buy one more coin before that day in 1991 when I got my coin.[/QUOTE]
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