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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 4304315, member: 83845&quot;]Nice additions [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>I like both coins about the same. The obverse legend on the 1st coin is clearer and it has more pleasant surfaces and a larger flan.&nbsp; The 2nd coin still has the silvering and a more artistic portrait. These coins are a good example of the lesser importance of a static grading system for ancients I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course BOTH are absolute winners. Congrats on the double victory!&nbsp; I’d keep em both. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Trebonianus Gallus tet. </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-trebonianus-gallus-tetradrachm-from-antioch.350671/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-trebonianus-gallus-tetradrachm-from-antioch.350671/"><font size="6"><b>A Trebonianus Gallus Tetradrachm from Antioch</b></font></a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095166[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch</font></p><p><font size="3">Trebonianus Gallus</font></p><p><font size="3">AR tetradrachm, struck ca. 251-253, 1st officina</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; A between legs. SC in exergue</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: McAlee 1173a; Prieur 657</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex Tenbobbit Collection; Purchased privately from the collection of an English gentleman in 2005; Ex AMCC 2, Lot 434 (Nov. 9, 2019)</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two coins I bough of the same type last year. The first I got because I thought it was a good price for a coin showing an historical event. The second I got for the fabulous provenance. I love them both!</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-adventvs-coin.345800/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-adventvs-coin.345800/">My First ADVENTVS Coin</a></b></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095165[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Philip I the Arab (AD 244-249)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 245</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ADVENTVS AVGG; Philip on horseback left, raising right hand and holding spear</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC IV 26b</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex. Savoca 23rd Blue Auction (Aug. 2019)</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095164[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Philip I the Arab (AD 244-249)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 245</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 23 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 4.36 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ADVENTVS AVGG; Philip on horseback left, raising right hand and holding spear</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC IV 26b</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex David Kallai (ca. 1908-1924); Ex AMCC 2, lot 194 (Nov. 9, 2019)</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095167[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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