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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4891437, member: 74834"]Dear Roerbakmix, yes, some things are coming near that you want far away. Therefore I selected a coin that is a real pleasure for me, a Brit-Celtic one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180482[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Celtic coinage. Iceni (who were living in what's now Norfolk, UK). Uninscribed AR unit, quinar size<i>. </i>Circa 50-40 BC. Bury Diadem type ("Gallo-Belgic XD") type. 15 mm, 1.47 gr. I love the jolly mood of both obverse and reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, here's a nice coin that I bought in June. I keep calling the person on the reverse 'Lady Godiva', but she might be indignant if she'd know.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180486[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Arab-Sasanian AE pashiz, c.700-720. Kazirun, ND, Obv. Sasanian style bust right. Rev. Woman on horseback (Lady Godiva), holding vase-like object. 18.5 mm, 0.99 gr. A-40, Gyselen-35a.</p><p><br /></p><p>Error coins are a favorite theme for me. I have 10 or 15 of them, and I keep asking: what did people think about them in antiquity? They might not have been accepted as money. Did people put them on their altar, use them as a bauble?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180504[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't know if you count this antoninianus as a brockage. It looks like an asteroid.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180506[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus antoninianus brockage with a fitting patina</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180508[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tetrarchy, follis Heraclea. Rev. Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. 26 / 30 mm, 10.22 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180511[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A great coin with beautiful patina. Caracalla 211-217, AE tetradrachm. Thracia or Moesia. Obv. bust to right. 29 mm, 15.45 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4891437, member: 74834"]Dear Roerbakmix, yes, some things are coming near that you want far away. Therefore I selected a coin that is a real pleasure for me, a Brit-Celtic one. [ATTACH=full]1180482[/ATTACH] Celtic coinage. Iceni (who were living in what's now Norfolk, UK). Uninscribed AR unit, quinar size[I]. [/I]Circa 50-40 BC. Bury Diadem type ("Gallo-Belgic XD") type. 15 mm, 1.47 gr. I love the jolly mood of both obverse and reverse. By the way, here's a nice coin that I bought in June. I keep calling the person on the reverse 'Lady Godiva', but she might be indignant if she'd know. [ATTACH=full]1180486[/ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian AE pashiz, c.700-720. Kazirun, ND, Obv. Sasanian style bust right. Rev. Woman on horseback (Lady Godiva), holding vase-like object. 18.5 mm, 0.99 gr. A-40, Gyselen-35a. Error coins are a favorite theme for me. I have 10 or 15 of them, and I keep asking: what did people think about them in antiquity? They might not have been accepted as money. Did people put them on their altar, use them as a bauble? [ATTACH=full]1180504[/ATTACH] Don't know if you count this antoninianus as a brockage. It looks like an asteroid. [ATTACH=full]1180506[/ATTACH] Probus antoninianus brockage with a fitting patina [ATTACH=full]1180508[/ATTACH] Tetrarchy, follis Heraclea. Rev. Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. 26 / 30 mm, 10.22 gr. [ATTACH=full]1180511[/ATTACH] A great coin with beautiful patina. Caracalla 211-217, AE tetradrachm. Thracia or Moesia. Obv. bust to right. 29 mm, 15.45 gr.[/QUOTE]
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