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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3112534, member: 51347&quot;]Very nice coin and great thread [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] !&nbsp; It is more tough for me as I really do not collect the more common coins!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a bad habit of liking the niche, uncommon, hard-to-find, somewhat &quot;who-cares?&quot; type coins!&nbsp; Most of my collecting habits are not always main-stream, rather more the historical coins as well as the backwater histories too.&nbsp; I really do not get too excited how numismatically beautiful they are, rather, are they a <i>placemarker</i> in history (hear that [USER=29124]@norenxaq[/USER] ?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Everytime I found one in my database, it is not what folks would normally collect here, or is to uncommon...</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not collect much past the 1st C CE, and my LRB&#039;s are pretty ragged...</p><p><br /></p><p>I will try o post a couple to fit the thread:&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>BOTTLECAP </b>- I just thought this was cool:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]790079[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleukid&nbsp; Demetrios I Soter 162-150 BCE AE 17 serrate 16.8mm 3.9g Antioch on Orontes mint Horse Hd L - Elephant Hd R- SC 1646 SNG Spaer 1299-1304</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In-hand this is very nice.&nbsp; Got this from [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]790080[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Constantine I CE 306-337 Æ Follis 19mm 3.2g Siscia CE 326-7 AVG Laureate R - PROVIDENTIAE AVGG Camp gate 2 turrets no door star RIC 200</p><p><br /></p><p>Purdy, but not my collecting interest.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]790081[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome VRBS ROMA commem 330-331 CE Æ reduced centenionalis, 16mm, 2.5g, 12h; Trier mint, AD 330-331 She-wolf RIC VII 529</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from the SteveX6 collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]790082[/ATTACH]</p><p>Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE RIGHT-RIGHT 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are fairly common RR AR Denarii:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]790089[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Aemilius Scaurus and Plautius Hypsaeus 58 BC AR Denarius camel scorpion quadriga 4.1g 19mm Rome Cr 422-1b</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my first RR Denarii... pretty common, and not an ugly one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]790090[/ATTACH] </p><p>RR M Furius LF Philus AR Denarius 119 BCE Janus Sear 156[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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