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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2871289, member: 57495&quot;]Bringing it... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one was $725 shipped and is simply one of my favorite coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]686260[/ATTACH]<b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Nomos. 7.75g, 22.3mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 332-281 BC. Fischer-Bossert Group 80, 1131 (V417/R873); Vlasto 587; HN Italy 934. O: Warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right; ΣA below. R: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos, holding distaff, riding dolphin left; pellet to left; below, prow left.</p><p><i>Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind Collection; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1358</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Flan&#039;s a little ragged on this one, but it has an excellent strike, and it was a type that was high on my want list.&nbsp; $870 shipped. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]686261[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia</b></p><p>AR Nomos. 7.97g, 21.8mm. AR Nomos. BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia, circa 475-425 BC. SNG ANS 180; Noe, Caulonia 93; HN Italy 2046. O: KAVΛ, Apollo, naked,&nbsp; advancing right, holding a branch in uplifted right hand; small daimon running left on Apollo&#039;s outstretched left arm; stag standing right, head turned back. R: KAVΛ (retrograde), Stag standing right; laurel branch to right.</p><p><i>Ex Leu Zürich, Auktion 77 (2000), Lot 60</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>One of my two wins from the most recent CNG print auction, this one just arrived yesterday.&nbsp; It barely manages to squeeze into this category at $605 including auction fees and shipping.&nbsp; It&#039;s made appearances in three previous CNG sales, hammering at different prices which I&#039;m including below to make the point that the same coin can cost one&#039;s wallet quite a few bills more or less depending on where and when you buy it, and how badly you want it.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]686263[/ATTACH]<b>CILICIA, Tarsos</b></p><p>Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia.</p><p>AR Stater. 10.7g, 24.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsos, circa 375 BC. SNG Levante 85 (<i>this coin</i>); Casabonne Type 2; Moysey Issue 6; SNG France 282 = de Luynes 2839 = Traité II 609. O: Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; lotus below throne; all within crenelated wall. R: Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, holding arrow; winged solar disk to upper right, bow to lower right; c/m: bull standing right within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1553 (realized $650); Classical Numismatic Group 96 (14 May 2014), lot 516 (realized $950); Eduardo Levante Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 64, 24 September 2003), lot 337 (realized $475).</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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