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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2864676, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;m ultimately more of a $50-$100 per coin collector myself, and I tend towards wanting to spend a fixed coin budget on more coins rather than fewer.&nbsp; That said, when push comes to I-just-gotta-gotta-have-it, there are some coins that simply will not be available in my preferred budget range, and my instinctive preferences will have to make the necessary concessions.&nbsp; In a nutshell, as much as I hate to, I have to buy fewer coins to afford one that I really want.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A Sikyon stater was one of those coins, and <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=293354" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=293354" rel="nofollow">a superb example</a> can cost in excess of ten times what this $500 price bracket allows.&nbsp; Even my modest example cost $520 shipped (in a 2015 auction).&nbsp; It took me a couple of years to find the one with my name on it, and it had moderate wear, some reticulation and light graffito.&nbsp; It helps in these instances when a coin&#039;s &quot;faults&quot; are things that you can appreciate <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; More importantly for me, though, was that it also had eye appeal, was decently centered, and the chimera had a tail with a clear and complete snake&#039;s head.&nbsp; Yeah, and the dove is pretty cool too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]683212[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SIKYONIA, Sikyon</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.98g, 24.2mm. SIKYONIA, Sikyon, circa 431-400 BC. BCD Peloponnesos 186; HGC 5, 181. O: Chimaera standing left; SE below.&nbsp; R: Dove flying left within wreath.&nbsp; </p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection; Ex Coin Galleries Mail Bid Sale 10 February 1993, lot 80</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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