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<p>[QUOTE="ycon, post: 3128768, member: 91771"]A few types I think should be included:</p><p><br /></p><p>-hadrian travel denarius</p><p>-a tessera of antinous </p><p>-constantinian era coin with christian symbolism (chi rho, etc.) </p><p>-justinian gold </p><p>-cleopatra vii (but not one of the supposed cyprus coins-- with a note about them)</p><p>-large ptolemaic bronze</p><p>-hellenistic tetradrachm with realistic portrait </p><p>-a coin of helena</p><p>-elagabalus (w/horn or stone, depending on the desired level of accessibility)</p><p>-greek fractions, esp. the sicilian litrai </p><p><br /></p><p>with regards to the greeks fractions it could be nice to have some pairs of obols/tetradrachms (or whichever denominations you wanted), e.g. akragas, athens, thasos, to show you can have the same type at different scales, and at different scales of affordability.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ycon, post: 3128768, member: 91771"]A few types I think should be included: -hadrian travel denarius -a tessera of antinous -constantinian era coin with christian symbolism (chi rho, etc.) -justinian gold -cleopatra vii (but not one of the supposed cyprus coins-- with a note about them) -large ptolemaic bronze -hellenistic tetradrachm with realistic portrait -a coin of helena -elagabalus (w/horn or stone, depending on the desired level of accessibility) -greek fractions, esp. the sicilian litrai with regards to the greeks fractions it could be nice to have some pairs of obols/tetradrachms (or whichever denominations you wanted), e.g. akragas, athens, thasos, to show you can have the same type at different scales, and at different scales of affordability.[/QUOTE]
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