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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 7963544, member: 83845&quot;]Thank you my friend!&nbsp; Nice Claudius Gothicus!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ah yes... I should have recognized. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380591[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] !&nbsp; I enjoyed your 2018 thread as I do all of your posts. Nice Liberalitas addition!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed!&nbsp; How great would that be to have someone dump 100 mint state denarii into your shirt.&nbsp; Nice rare Liberalitas addition, my friend.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks [USER=87186]@LaCointessa[/USER] ! It’s good to see you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very nice Sestertius ACH. The portrait is particularly nice.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well I’m not too disappointed about the abacus. A coin counting device is pretty cool too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, excellent coin as usual, Al. I really like that hue of patina on bronze coins.&nbsp; Great detail and style as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for posting this [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER] ! I’m glad to see that others also have envelopes from this collection and it looks like the both of us have an answer thanks to [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can’t thank you enough for this response Curtis. I should have expected someone named Curtis to be extra knowledgeable and helpful <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m happy to have some provenance information to go with this coin and now I can search in Heritage’s sales to see if I can find anything further.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also thank you for the clarification on the meaning of the type from the eastern mints. The forum is lucky to have you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is an interesting coin. I can commiserate with the ancient die engraver. Before I posted the above write up I had to do a read through to make sure I didn’t refer to Liberalitas as Libertas... then I wrote Libertas in the title when I posted it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have not seen a coin like yours before.&nbsp; It would not surprise me if more exist though, even official coins.&nbsp; Very cool addition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we mentioned her I’ll add my recent Libertas.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380598[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin HWE.&nbsp; I have a similar Viminicium coin but not one with the reverse figure holding a standard like in yours. Interesting and cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380600[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the kind words.&nbsp; That is indeed a beautifully toned denarius you have. A very sharp portrait as well. Hadrians coins are nice on account of the consistently high quality style (to my opinion). My favorite Hadrian has moved past the colorful toning phase and is now a dark tone... which I still like!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380601[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for sharing!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Both great coins Donna but I particularly like Mars reverse. Thanks for the additions!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I knew you were holding out on me man... nice Phillip!</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like that image that you and [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] posted. Do either of you know where it comes from?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the kind words Mike! Great Sestertii. I don’t have any SA Sestertii but after seeing some of the coin in this thread I might have to look into changing that eventually. Thanks for the additions!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great coin. In my research I read that the Nerva-Antonine era die engravers experimented with the attributes of Liberalitas before settling on the inclusion of the counting board. Yours is a great example of that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You are too kind my friend. Wow to all that SA examples. You are very good at seeking out quality and style in your collection Q.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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