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<p>[QUOTE="Moe "Wolfy" Wilder, post: 5183318, member: 114824"]Unobtainable? yet I found one in a lot of crusty culls. LOL. I zapped it once and there was a Laelianus in beautiful near uncirculated condition, but somewhat curved. It looked as if it was placed faceup on top of another coin while still nearly molten, had drooped and curved over the edge of the coin and then stuck to a third coin as it cooled. One edge of it was straight but ragged as if it were snapped off or broken away from the third coin. The curve made the obverse slightly stretched and gave the reverse a pinched but high relief effect. I never would have sold it or my Theodore (not Phillip) Mankaphas (found in a similar manner), so they were stolen in 2007 when I fell on really hard times and really could've used that kind of money. I have an image of the lost Mankaphas, and though I couldn't get a good image, I'll never forget what the Laelianus looked like. I wasn't going for any sort of theme at that time, but now my wife and I avidly hunt down Radiant crowns of all kinds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Moe "Wolfy" Wilder, post: 5183318, member: 114824"]Unobtainable? yet I found one in a lot of crusty culls. LOL. I zapped it once and there was a Laelianus in beautiful near uncirculated condition, but somewhat curved. It looked as if it was placed faceup on top of another coin while still nearly molten, had drooped and curved over the edge of the coin and then stuck to a third coin as it cooled. One edge of it was straight but ragged as if it were snapped off or broken away from the third coin. The curve made the obverse slightly stretched and gave the reverse a pinched but high relief effect. I never would have sold it or my Theodore (not Phillip) Mankaphas (found in a similar manner), so they were stolen in 2007 when I fell on really hard times and really could've used that kind of money. I have an image of the lost Mankaphas, and though I couldn't get a good image, I'll never forget what the Laelianus looked like. I wasn't going for any sort of theme at that time, but now my wife and I avidly hunt down Radiant crowns of all kinds.[/QUOTE]
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