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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius_Gothicus, post: 8068659, member: 116315&quot;]Thanks for summoning me [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I really like this thread and I&#039;m sure it will prove very useful for people who are planning to get into the hobby but have doubts because they automatically assume that all ancients are too expensive for the average person to purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for me, while my acquisitions are usually relatively cheap, at least compared to the average, they still don&#039;t fit into the budget limits of this thread, with a couple of exceptions:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398994[/ATTACH]</p><p>This Claudius II cost me the equivalent of 13,57 $, and I&#039;d say it was a pretty nice bargain: not only is it in better condition than the average Rome mint antoninianus of the period, but it was also misattributed by the seller, and the bust type is actually the very rare B2, with an undraped cuirass seen from the rear.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images3.cgb.fr/images/rome/brm_657917.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This other Claudius II, also from the Rome mint, ended up costing me the equivalent of 20,35$ and, while I haven&#039;t received it yet, I will certainly make a thread about it: besides being in an unusually good state of preservation for this issue and having been struck on a very nice flan, it&#039;s also worth mentioning that Jupiter on the reverse was victim of an unusual mistake - let&#039;s see if anybody notices <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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