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<p>[QUOTE="zadie, post: 4980589, member: 114699"][ATTACH=full]1196559[/ATTACH] </p><p>Soo hard to choose!</p><p>If you made me, I'd probably have to choose this one. This is a hemidrachm from the city of Parion in Mysia. The outstanding variety in this series make it in my opinion quite hard to find an example with good centering and quality dies. I bought this retail about a year ago and I find myself just staring at it sometimes..</p><p>Like someone else pointed out earlier in the thread, its astounding they poured so much effort into the art of such a small coin. I love it.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AR Hemidrachm. ca 4th c.BC. Greece Mysia, Parion</b></p><p><b>Catalog: SNG France 1380; SNG von Aulock 7423.</b></p><p><b>Material: Silver</b></p><p><b>Weight: 2.42 g</b></p><p><b>Diameter: 13.28 mm</b></p><p><b>Facing gorgoneion / Cow standing left, head reverted; bukranion below. ΠΑ / ΡΙ</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>From a private Swiss collector. Acquired in march 2006 at the Numismata International coin fair in Munich.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zadie, post: 4980589, member: 114699"][ATTACH=full]1196559[/ATTACH] Soo hard to choose! If you made me, I'd probably have to choose this one. This is a hemidrachm from the city of Parion in Mysia. The outstanding variety in this series make it in my opinion quite hard to find an example with good centering and quality dies. I bought this retail about a year ago and I find myself just staring at it sometimes.. Like someone else pointed out earlier in the thread, its astounding they poured so much effort into the art of such a small coin. I love it. [B]AR Hemidrachm. ca 4th c.BC. Greece Mysia, Parion Catalog: SNG France 1380; SNG von Aulock 7423. Material: Silver Weight: 2.42 g Diameter: 13.28 mm Facing gorgoneion / Cow standing left, head reverted; bukranion below. ΠΑ / ΡΙ From a private Swiss collector. Acquired in march 2006 at the Numismata International coin fair in Munich.[/B][/QUOTE]
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