Syracusian

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Dimitri,

Thank you so much for the coin. It was extremely nice of you. I don't have another coin that is as old as this one. My sister is in college and studying ancient Greek, the classics. She loved your business card. My dad says your going to New York in this month. I hope you have a good time and buy some nice coins.

~Emily

SYRACUSIAN

Dear Emily,

you're the only Darksider I know with a genuine interest in modern Greek coinage,so I felt that I should encourage you a little.


I'm happy that you liked it because I had a little trouble choosing it. As for NY, yes I had the intention to go, but I'm afraid that my bids in the upcoming January auctions consumed my entire budget and therefore elliminated this possibility, unless of course I win none of them. Thank you for your sister's kind words on my card , it is the work of a talented young architect who joined my practice a few months ago.


Warmest regards to you and your family from Athens.

Dimitri

FilamCoins

Trust everyone is OK?!

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ATHENS, Greece - A powerful earthquake shook Greece on Sunday and was felt as far away as the Middle East and Italy. Minor damage was reported in southern Greece, and authorities on the island of Crete said three people were slightly injured.

No tsunami warnings were issued.

The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake was located beneath the seabed about 125 miles south of Athens and 12 miles east of the island of Kithira in the Sea of Crete.

"It was a very powerful quake which shook all of Greece. There have been dozens of aftershocks," institute head Giorgos Stavrakakis said. "The quake occurred deep undersea and that's what saved us."

Stavrakakis said he did not expect any serious aftershocks.

The earthquake, which lasted for several seconds, occurred at 1:34 p.m. and was felt as far away as Cairo, Egypt, about 745 miles southeast of the epicenter.

The quake also was felt across southern Italy but there were no reports of damage or injuries, Italian news reports said.

Clarice Nassif Ransom, a U.S. Geological Survey spokeswoman in Washington, said scientists project that as many as 6 million people may have felt the earthquake.

Police on Crete, just south of Kithira, said three people suffered minor injuries.

On Kithira, regional governor Yiannis Mihas said 50 homes in the village of Mitata were damaged, and the village church was close to collapse.

SYRACUSIAN

It was a very strong earthquake (6.9 on the Richter scale) whose epicentre was fortunately deep underwater, otherwise there would have been many victims and damages.



Thanks for the concern.



edited a really inappropriate initial comment

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