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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1851087, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; sadly, I have 33 coins from the 5th and 6th century, so narrowing it down to 3 is gonna be very difficult!!</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh well, I guess the first of the three is a no-brainer </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; Batman sold me this baby when I was first starting-out and I&#039;ve always thought it was the coolest coin goin&#039;!!</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Lydia AR Archaic Siglos</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">545-520 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 15.6 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 4.9 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Confronted Lion and Bull</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Two incuse square punches</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]309286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]309287[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Man, I love that two nasty ol&#039; square punches were needed to press the metal into the obverse die (Note =&gt; apparently the larger of the two punches was used on the lion-side of the coin)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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