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Pillar of the Community
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 Thats crazy! Id have to sell a kidney to afford one of those. Lets see the rest then! |
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to the community and to ancient coin collecting. A very beautiful coin and one that I would never be able to afford. Looking forward to seeing what others you have. |
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Pillar of the Community
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This is a beautiful coin and I just had to see if I could attribute it. I think I have it:
Ptolemaic Egypt. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II AV Oktadrachm. Alexandria, circa 253-246 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane, lotus sceptre behind, horn of Ammon below ear; Lamda behind / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet, ARSINOHS FILADELFOU around. Svoronos 475.
Is this the attribution you have?
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, what an entrance...
welcome
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Pillar of the Community
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Holy cornucopia!! That's a great coin, very nice!!
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Pillar of the Community
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to CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
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That coin looks like it would cost you more than a kidney ... I think you'd probably have to toss-in a lung and maybe even your spleen? uh-oh, fellas => it looks like we have a SMACKDOWN ringer on deck!! |
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and that is a beautiful coin. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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What an amazing Ptolemaic coin!  |
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Valued Member
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JWHarper, I am still new to this so I could be mistaken but I have this attributed as a Svoronos 476. But I am open to schooling if I am missing something. Thanks, Windycity
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If you have $10K you would be willing to spend, you can pick up one of these beauties.
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Forum Dad
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Ok that should be illegal, making all the members drool  inside of 5 posts. That ranks right up there with throwing a 90 MPH slider to a pitcher. Just downright mean.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I am by no means an expert on these coins. In fact, yours is the first I've tried to attribute. In looking through some on-line resources, I find it can be either one. I know this is not correct. It is one or the other, but I do not see any differences. Perhaps one of our resident Greek experts can be more definitive. Here are two pages which describe both 475 and 476. Perhaps since you have coin in hand you can make out the difference. http://www.coinarchives.com/a/resul...&results=100http://books.google.com/books?id=kR...0475&f=false |
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... Windycity, you sure made a huge impression on the group with that coin, to see that nice of a coin, well awesome....
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