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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 8278258, member: 92212"]This was my top splurge. Before fees it was <i>'only'</i> $320 per mm.; <i>'merely'</i> $6000 computed to cost-per-gram. :-o But no regrets! The iconography is rich! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342216" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342216" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342216</a></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461817[/ATTACH]</p><p>Issuer: Uncertain Persian Achaemenid king over "Yehud"*</p><p>Date: <i>ca.</i> 350-340 BCE</p><p>Mint: *<i>Yehud Medinata</i> Province, (Jerusalem area).</p><p>Denomination: Silver one-half <i>Gerah</i> (AKA: one-half <i>Ma’ah</i>).</p><p>Obverse: Lily flower with three petals.</p><p>Reverse: Falcon, wings spread, head right; Aramaic <i>‘YHD’</i> in right field.</p><p>Weight: .409 gr. Diameter: 7.7 x 7.4 mm.</p><p>Attrib.: Hendin 1060 5th ed.; Mesh TJC 2, 15; HGC 10, 442; Fontanille YHD-15 O1/R2.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 8278258, member: 92212"]This was my top splurge. Before fees it was [I]'only'[/I] $320 per mm.; [I]'merely'[/I] $6000 computed to cost-per-gram. :-o But no regrets! The iconography is rich! :-) [B][URL]https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=342216[/URL][/B] [ATTACH=full]1461817[/ATTACH] Issuer: Uncertain Persian Achaemenid king over "Yehud"* Date: [I]ca.[/I] 350-340 BCE Mint: *[I]Yehud Medinata[/I] Province, (Jerusalem area). Denomination: Silver one-half [I]Gerah[/I] (AKA: one-half [I]Ma’ah[/I]). Obverse: Lily flower with three petals. Reverse: Falcon, wings spread, head right; Aramaic [I]‘YHD’[/I] in right field. Weight: .409 gr. Diameter: 7.7 x 7.4 mm. Attrib.: Hendin 1060 5th ed.; Mesh TJC 2, 15; HGC 10, 442; Fontanille YHD-15 O1/R2.[/QUOTE]
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