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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3338986, member: 84744&quot;]Fantastic find, Orfew!!&nbsp; I&#039;m sure we&#039;ll all be keeping our eyes open for IMP XVI now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the seller misidentifications that come to mind at the moment.&nbsp; First a pretty decent Johannes:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]884444[/ATTACH] </p><p>Misidentified as Theodosius, so I got it for around 25 bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>A nice example of the rare Tacitus double-value (double-silver) antoninianus, marked with XI instead of XXI:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]884445[/ATTACH] </p><p>Unsurprisingly, the seller thought it was an ordinary ant.&nbsp; At least one other bidder spotted it, though, so it wasn&#039;t super cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there&#039;s this medallic as, misidentified as a sestertius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]884446[/ATTACH] </p><p>Struck on a carefully prepared flan, these are very rare and were probably presentation pieces from the emperor himself.&nbsp; Since I have a small specialty in middle bronzes of Sev Alex, I HAD to have this coin.&nbsp; Which meant I paid quite a bit... I wasn&#039;t the only one who thought it was cool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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