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oh my florin Pillar of the Community Australia 1006 Posts	Posted 03/12/2016 05:46 am Or more accurately two 1/12 Staters Both have the same attributions of Philip II, Pella Mint and dating to 345-336bc, 0.71 grams and 8mm diameters (essentially a little smaller than your fingertip.) First is graded by NGC as Choice XF 4/5 strk, 4/5 surf but with a rather well struck head of appollo. http://coins.ha.com/itm/greek/ancie...bnail-071515 Second is raw and stated as gVF however features provenance to the Le Rider collection and if I won this coin would be going straight to NGC with Le Rider provenance on the label. Le Rider 14c (D10/R10 - this coin) https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?...&lot=2179129 Thoughts or opinions are appreciated on these two coins particularly if I should pick up either the first one, the second or both. Edited by oh my florin 03/12/2016 05:47 am Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/12/2016 06:27 am They are both very nice coins though the first one is in better condition than the second. If the price is within reason I'd go for both. If not my choice would be the first coin. Report this Post to the Staff
lrbguy Pillar of the Community United States 949 Posts	Posted 03/12/2016 08:53 am If you're after the portrait, then I have to go with Ron on coin 1. But if you are after the coin type, then coin two, because it does not clip anything off the name or other features. The two portraits are different enough that the two side by side might be used to show a difference in modeling or execution (if that is worthwhile). Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 03/12/2016 09:25 am I think my preference is the first as well, though maybe the colour is washed out of the photo a bit because I prefer the colour of the second coin. If money was no problem we would buy them all, and I don't really know what you are likely to pay for either, so if you think they are cheap maybe get the pair, otherwise I would plump for the first one. The second one the portrait is attributed to Apollo but it looks like a girl to me, I guess the god of poetry is never going to be particularly masculine... Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 03/12/2016 09:44 am Seems I have a different take, which is provenance, provenance, provenance! Georges Le Rider, for gosh sakes...such a pedigree trumps style. Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 03/12/2016 10:29 am I also prefer the second as Bob does , provenance is very important for a coin , and there is no better reference for this coin as being part of the Le Rider collection . albert Report this Post to the Staff
oh my florin Pillar of the Community Australia 1006 Posts	Posted 03/13/2016 05:44 am Thanks everyone. It looks like we have a division between us. The second coin very much has the Le Rider provenance and the full reverse going for it however it has a rather weak strike on the obverse. Report this Post to the Staff
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