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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2222462, member: 19463&quot;]It may not be as magnificent as that Gallienus JA posted but here is an antelope of Philip I&#039;s officina marked series from the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome series.&nbsp; It is a fact that the workmanship of the mint took a real dive between Philip and Gallienus.&nbsp; We like the Gallienus zoo as they are but imagine what we would have had if the series came at the start of his reign when the mint was still doing halfway decent work.&nbsp;&nbsp; With few exceptions, Philip was really the last emperor with a combination of good, large animals and well made coins.&nbsp; After Philip and Gallienus we get some wolves and horses but not much variety until Leo did his lion in AE4.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]435489[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It will be interesting to see if we can come up with half of the letters without stretching a point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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