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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2686663, member: 74712&quot;]Hello all!&nbsp; Work has been consuming me lately, but I&#039;ve finally reached spring break and a chance to relax.&nbsp; There have been a series of coin shows near me lately, but I haven&#039;t had a chance to go to any, and I didn&#039;t want to wait for something to show up in the mail.&nbsp; So, I went to my local coin store and grabbed these two coins as a reward for surviving the quarter!&nbsp; (Any excuse to buy a coin, right?)</p><p><br /></p><p>First up is my first Ancient Greek (aside from a couple Alexanders).&nbsp; Some may recall that when I first joined CT I had a couple of Greek coins I inherited from my grandmother, and they were all fake.&nbsp; Greek coins are far outside my comfort zone, but after being here for nearly two years I&#039;ve felt a little better about any losing style and design (plus I trust the guy at my LCS).&nbsp; Anyway, here she is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601813[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia</p><p>Pergamon (after 200 B.C.)</p><p>AE19, 19mm x 5.9 grams</p><p>Obv.: ΕΠΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΟ[Υ] below Helmeted head of Athena right</p><p>Rev.: ΠΕΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ right.&nbsp; Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm branch</p><p><br /></p><p>Only the reverse was visible in the shop, which did have the neat depiction of Nike, but the combination of that and the helmeted Athena sold me on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up is a posthumous Constantine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]601814[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imperial Rome</p><p>Constantine I Posthumous, r. 307-337 (337-340)</p><p>Antioch Mint, AE4, 16mm x 1.2 grams</p><p>Obv.: DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev.: No legend, Divus Constantine in quadriga right, the hand of God reaching down to him. Mintmark SMAN[?]</p><p><br /></p><p>JA had one of these up for auction recently that I almost bid on but didn&#039;t.&nbsp; I regretted it at the time, but managed to snag this example.&nbsp; Not as nice as JA&#039;s, but the price was right.&nbsp; I am concerned I may not have the mintmark correct - in hand that last letter looks like an &#039;N&#039; but it does look a lot like an &#039;R&#039; in this picture.&nbsp; If there is anything after it, then I can&#039;t make it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to pile on anything you like, or is related![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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