New Recruits (Small Archaic Greeks)

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DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 12/08/2013 04:25 am I was fully committed to not spending any more money this side of Christmas but I made the mistake of looking on Vcoins :S Well I have been after a full sized Boetia Stater for a while but to get what I want for the price I want to spend is a bit of an ask. Anyway this little Obol popped out at me as a nice little coin and an example of the Boetian shield. Then I thought I would check out the sea turtle coins, all are thousands of pounds except for a few badly beaten up examples. There was one little one though ^^ the only sea turtle obol on the site as far as I am aware and it was added on Friday... well I couldn't resist adding a younger brother to accompany my full sized one and I reckon given the rarity of the type it is a good coin to sit on. So I bit the bullet and got this little fella too ^^ Report this Post to the Staff

ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 12/08/2013 04:52 am Very nice pickups! One of these days I want to get a sea turtle but yeah... they're pricey. Is that a BCD ticket with the Boetian shield? I'm trying to find some examples of his (his? her?) handwriting. Edited by ThisIsFun 12/08/2013 04:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/08/2013 07:04 am Very nice coins. For being so small they still retain nice details. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 12/08/2013 11:13 pm The ticket was merely described as "original collectors ticket" It did occur to me that it might be a BCD ticket but I can't say for certain. It looks like male writing to me but meh not always obvious the gender of the writer. I don't like small coins normally but these looked like fun and were under £100 each... there are a couple of other small ones I am after (Messembria Corinthian helmet and wheel being one such small coin...just hard to find a centred one for a good price) Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 12/08/2013 11:50 pm Nice group--those are two types I hope to own someday. Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 12/09/2013 10:34 am Nice "little" recruits. If your looking for super tiny silver coins few did them better than the Archaic Greeks. Report this Post to the Staff
Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 12/09/2013 12:02 pm so small and still decorated with suc details! very nice Report this Post to the Staff
Triskeles Auctions Valued Member United States 104 Posts	Posted 12/11/2013 3:10 pm To answer the question about the ticket, yes, it is a BCD ticket. Nice coins. David! John Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 12/11/2013 3:34 pm Ah, that means mine isn't. Shame! Report this Post to the Staff
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