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JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
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Was able to get one coin in the Heritage weekly tonight.

LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 454-427 BC. EL hekte (2.52 gm). Forepart of boar right / Head of roaring lion right, within frame set in square incuse. Bodenstedt 41. HGC 6, 967. NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5.

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I just love these tiny little electrum coins.
JCM-Houston
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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Saw that one as well yet held back considering the ANA floor/auction sales ahead. Well done.
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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice, especially the reverse.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,020 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat.

    Got a slab pic, or the cert number for lookup? I'm curious how one of those little electrum pieces looks in an NGC holder.

    I haven't had one... yet. But they've caught my eye.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    Great coin, JCM! Sharp all around. I have a silver issue, which is also very tiny. Your EL is very attractive.
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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
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    JCM-Houston
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    British Collection
    German States Collection
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,976 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Go Jeff! Are ancients starting to draw you? Mom just got back from two weeks of walking about the ruins of Sicily, and such trips seem to increase the fervor even more (hint, hint!)!
    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Indeed they have 7Jaguars, but only a few so far and nothing really expensive. I'm just dabbling a bit with a few ancient Greek and Roman that I find historically interesting or with designs I particularly like.
    JCM-Houston
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    British Collection
    German States Collection
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a beautiful piece.

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