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Syracuse #9 => My First Octopus (Yummy)SICILY, SYRACUSE: AR LITRA â€" ARETHUSA/OCTOPUS466-460 BC Diameter: 13.1 mm Weight: 0.67 grams Obverse: Pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right; ΣVPA before Reverse: Octopus. Reference: SNG Copenhagen 641; SNG ANS 137ff Other: VF  ... I'm lovin' it!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Steve, awesome coin,very nice details, great looking Octopus...i think this needs some dancing friut..  ..  .. .. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A coin with an octopus, that's a new one for me  Great pickup steve  |
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Thanks for the fruit, Eng ... Hey, what is the West Coast weather doing? => rainy and hovering around 40 F degrees (10 C degrees), or what?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yah, the Syracuse coins seem to contain a whole lotta sea-animals: dolphins scallops octopus hippocamps (well, if they actually existed!!) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yo I almost bought that coin! Nice find, the octopus was calling to me too. Great mind think alike. I did opt for the Bactrian coins instead.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yall looking at the octopus, but the icing on this cake is the straight on archaic eye and the what I think is a Phoenician legend!
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Pillar of the Community
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2500 year old coin ... *sweet* => it still amazes me that I am able to buy these ancient archaic coins at "reasonable" prices!! ... I'm like a fat, hungry, rich-kid in a candy store!! Edited by stevex6
12/26/2012 8:53 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well...  |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great coin. I was looking at a few of these earlier today in far worse shape. Not cheap by any means.
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Canada
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 Bing and IGE! I was also looking at one, but am going to buy some Indian coins instead. Very nice coin Steve!  |
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Well, I'm glad that you guys all decided to skip by this pound-puppy and buy different coins!! ... I decided that this lonely little coin needed a good home, so I adopted it ...  Thanks for all of your coin compliments, gang ... |
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United States
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an octopus! that is awesome! |
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Canada
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Nice one Steve |
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Posted 12/26/2012 8:36 pm
