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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24714483, member: 26430&quot;]That is a really splendid Mytilene Hekte. Beautifully struck with great dies, but also a very distinctive design. I love all the variety and unique designs in the electrum coinage of Asia Minor.</p><p><br /></p><p>They look best in groups, so it&#039;s unfortunate that I have only the one EL Hekte at present:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580054[/ATTACH]</p><p>A year or two after I bought this one I discovered it had been published in Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert&#039;s new die study, reattributing these from Erythrai to Herakleia-Pontika:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580056[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I restrained myself in the most recent CNG Auction, and I think I&#039;ve posted most of my coin winnings from recent e-Auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>But here are a few books from CNG e-Auctions over the past month or so:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Thurlow &amp; Vecchi book on Aes Grave is signed/inscribed by Vecchi.</p><p><i>(Who is Amy / Avery ?)</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580058[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The original of the 3-vol. Weber (originally in 6 parts, 1922-1929) is available online, but I use it often, and find the digital versions a bit cumbersome, and the plates can be poorly reproduced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I like being able to look at the photo of my Hidrieus Tetradrachm (Weber 6604) in a hard copy volume -- and no doubt will feel the same about any others I manage to acquire:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580059[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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