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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 3527018, member: 101013&quot;]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>So, basically i almost spent my coin budget for the rest of the year already. But it is ok, because i got coins from my want list AND a nice distraction, which i never can resist. Two more auction wins are on their way, i will post those when they have arrived and i photographed them. With every coin, there&#039;s a little story why i liked it, had it on my want list, but also why i bought this particular coin. Even though i like them them a lot and everything is a matter of taste, i do hope you guys like them too! And i do hope i do not spam everyone with these coins. (Displayed in order of buying)</p><p><br /></p><p># 1 Nerva dupondius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937384[/ATTACH]</p><p>Well, the first one is not on my want list. Actually i wanted a denarius of Nerva, which i got in the same auction (libertas reverse). But i couldn&#039;t resist this one because of the nice patina.</p><p><br /></p><p># 2 Titus denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937385[/ATTACH]</p><p>I believe Titus would be a very good emperor, he was, but unfortunately his ending perhaps came too soon. The Flavian dynasty is ofcourse best remembered because of the collosseum. I had this one on my want list because the elephant refers to the animals used in the opening games of the colosseum. And since i never could afford the sestertius with the colosseum reverse itself, with this coin i have a reference to the symbol of Roman power (right?) in hand. And its the only coin where friend and family say &quot;ah yes, interesting&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p># 3 Hadrianus denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937386[/ATTACH]</p><p>Was able to win this one at a fair price. But then came the shipping and &#039;handling&#039;, stupid me... (US to Europe). Anyway, i got this because i have a dream of one day have all the Hadrian travel coins....</p><p><br /></p><p># 4 Augustus &amp; Agrippa dupondius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937387[/ATTACH]</p><p>Had this on my list, because of the crocodile (its sometimes just that simple with me). Love the colour on this one. And even though i was sceptical with this coin and the seller, (but thanks to you people i went for it!) it turned out i got to know this guy via a shared aquientence!</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 Clodius Albinus denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937393[/ATTACH]</p><p>A distraction, so to say. Nevertheless i had the emperor on my want list, very very low priority, and the &#039;augustus&#039; type. But the price was right, and in hand it is a very pretty coin.</p><p><br /></p><p># 6 Vespasianus denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937394[/ATTACH]</p><p>Remember the shared aquientence from coin # 4? Got this one via him too. A bit off center, but nice shade of grey/silver (won&#039;t use the word toning with this one though). And yes, who does not want a coin of IVDAEA, right?</p><p><br /></p><p># 7 Marcus Antonius denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]937395[/ATTACH]</p><p>Last one, and another distraction. But a very pretty one. I got this one at my second coin show visited. Between the stamps, cards and modern coins, i found this one, and for a fair amount of money (at least, i think so). I was not looking for one, but i had in the back of my head that one day i needed to update my current coin of this type (leg VII). The flan is small, but it&#039;s really think. And again, the colouring grey/silver is nice (perhaps this one deserves the word toning?).</p><p><br /></p><p>And that is it, for now. Thank you for reading, and I hope you like my coins! Feel free to comment, ask questions, or question my information. Cheers!</p><p><br /></p><p>[edit: add that the info of the Titus coin i got from CNG E-Auction 318][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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