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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 2862701, member: 83175&quot;]$80 got me half a drachm of Emporion in 2009.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ever since spending a day wandering around the ruins in 2007, I&#039;d wanted a coin from there.&nbsp;&nbsp; I first got a modern Spanish commemorative €10 silver coin, which reproduces the ancient drachm - I got it in Madrid airport, where the Spanish mint had a shop (I think it&#039;s not there any more).&nbsp;&nbsp; Then I mentioned Emporion to a Spanish collector/dealer and he had this on his shelf within reach - I&#039;ve asked him to look for the other half, but no joy as of yet:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_EmporionDrachm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was €76 last year - I have a better one of the type, but got this as it has an interesting provenance - from the Haeberlin collection, auctioned in 1933.</p><p>Crawford 382/1b denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Naevia6Denarius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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