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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4891101, member: 100731"]My kids were in close contact with a COVID19 positive patient recently, so we had to stay at home, quarantined. My wife, kids and myself became ill, but the tested negative. We didn't test the kids, who are toddlers. Unfortunately, my sister married last Friday, and this unfavorable combination of events led to me missing the wedding of my sister. </p><p><br /></p><p>Needles to say: it was a very unhappy week, and I felt (feel) down. A famous football player in the Netherlands once said: "Elk voordeel heb z'n nadeel" (every advantage has its disadvantage; it doesn't really translate well), and although I really don't have anything with football, I must say that these two new additions soothed the pain a bit. </p><p><br /></p><p>First, a very pretty, very small coin, with a lovely grey cabinet toning (it's from 'an old French collection, sold in 1987', whatever that may be):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180375[/ATTACH]</p><p>GREECE , Anonymous. Denomination: AR Diobol, minted: Lucania, Herakleia; 432-420 BC</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with Hippocamp</p><p>Rev: Herakles kneeling right, strangling lion.</p><p>Weight: 1.1g; Ø:11mm. Catalogue: HN Italy 1360. Provenance: From "a French collection, 1987"; acq.: 09-2020</p><p>Obverse slightly off-center</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, my first brockage. Recently, I visited [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER], who showed me his (really impressive) collection. It included a brockage Roman Republic, and I felt comfortable enough to ask how in fact this minting error occured. He readily explained it to me, imitating the slave that minted the coin c. 2200 years before, dropping the coin in the process<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Upon asking, I ensured that it was now completely clear, and convinced him not to repeat the procedure. The next day, I saw this coin from the same seller:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180378[/ATTACH] ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Cipius. Denomination: AR Denarius, minted: Rome, Italy; 115-114 BC</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, M. CIPI. M. F. before head, X behind head</p><p>Rev: Incuse of obverse</p><p>Weight: 3.84g; Ø:18mm. Catalogue: Crawford 289. Provenance: Jesus Vico (Madrid) 03-1993; acq.: 09-2020</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, a nice coin, with provenance, some honest wear but good details. And: my first <i>incuse </i>coin. I showed it to my wife, who usually doesn't really care, but this time she asked me 'why is the other side impressed?". I couldn't really reproduce the story by [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] (who risked one of his priced denari to explain it), so I'll end this thread with two questions:</p><p>1) Please post coins that make you happy, so to make my week a bit better</p><p>2) Please post brockage denari, and explain it again like you would explain it my wife (or any non-numismatist in general) (and don't drop your coins). </p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4891101, member: 100731"]My kids were in close contact with a COVID19 positive patient recently, so we had to stay at home, quarantined. My wife, kids and myself became ill, but the tested negative. We didn't test the kids, who are toddlers. Unfortunately, my sister married last Friday, and this unfavorable combination of events led to me missing the wedding of my sister. Needles to say: it was a very unhappy week, and I felt (feel) down. A famous football player in the Netherlands once said: "Elk voordeel heb z'n nadeel" (every advantage has its disadvantage; it doesn't really translate well), and although I really don't have anything with football, I must say that these two new additions soothed the pain a bit. First, a very pretty, very small coin, with a lovely grey cabinet toning (it's from 'an old French collection, sold in 1987', whatever that may be): [ATTACH=full]1180375[/ATTACH] GREECE , Anonymous. Denomination: AR Diobol, minted: Lucania, Herakleia; 432-420 BC Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with Hippocamp Rev: Herakles kneeling right, strangling lion. Weight: 1.1g; Ø:11mm. Catalogue: HN Italy 1360. Provenance: From "a French collection, 1987"; acq.: 09-2020 Obverse slightly off-center Next, my first brockage. Recently, I visited [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER], who showed me his (really impressive) collection. It included a brockage Roman Republic, and I felt comfortable enough to ask how in fact this minting error occured. He readily explained it to me, imitating the slave that minted the coin c. 2200 years before, dropping the coin in the process:nailbiting:. Upon asking, I ensured that it was now completely clear, and convinced him not to repeat the procedure. The next day, I saw this coin from the same seller: [ATTACH=full]1180378[/ATTACH] ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Cipius. Denomination: AR Denarius, minted: Rome, Italy; 115-114 BC Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, M. CIPI. M. F. before head, X behind head Rev: Incuse of obverse Weight: 3.84g; Ø:18mm. Catalogue: Crawford 289. Provenance: Jesus Vico (Madrid) 03-1993; acq.: 09-2020 Again, a nice coin, with provenance, some honest wear but good details. And: my first [I]incuse [/I]coin. I showed it to my wife, who usually doesn't really care, but this time she asked me 'why is the other side impressed?". I couldn't really reproduce the story by [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] (who risked one of his priced denari to explain it), so I'll end this thread with two questions: 1) Please post coins that make you happy, so to make my week a bit better 2) Please post brockage denari, and explain it again like you would explain it my wife (or any non-numismatist in general) (and don't drop your coins). Cheers[/QUOTE]
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