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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1793796, member: 42773&quot;]This was an eBay snipe which I didn&#039;t think I&#039;d win for the ridiculously low bid I put in, so I consider it a steal. This is just the edited seller&#039;s pic - I&#039;ll post my own when I have it in hand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s21.postimg.org/l7n39af4n/berbothsmall.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I grade it aF, but it&#039;s pretty good as Syrian provincials go. An extra hundred dollars will get you only a slightly better one on vcoins. The portrait is decent, some of the obverse legend is still readable. I think the reverse would benefit by a light cleaning.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I believe it&#039;s <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/syria/beroea/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/syria/beroea/i.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> coin on Wildwinds, Lindgren 1911. I&#039;m expecting my volumes of Lindgren in the mail any day now, so I&#039;ll be able to double-check that. In the meantime, I&#039;ll see if it&#039;s listed in SNG.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Beroea is modern-day Aleppo, in Northern Syria...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s17.postimg.org/ililvc06n/aleppo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m not sure why I&#039;m so drawn to the coinage of the Levant, but if it&#039;s Syrian, Judaean, Nabataean, etc., I&#039;ll take it - especially if I can get it for a song.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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