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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2594657, member: 42634&quot;]Some fantastic presents!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is fantastic as well, a nice lookin&#039; ANT.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_3658_zpscgaurblc.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_3658_zpscgaurblc.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/100_3658_zpscgaurblc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="6">Claudius II Antoninianus, 268-270 AD</font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, R: IVNO REGINA, Juno with peacock at feet, B in ex. Antioch Mint. RIC V, 212, 20 mm, 4.0g </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin looks better in hand, it was difficult to photograph.&nbsp; It&#039;s actually kind of shiny and lustrous.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was also &quot;thrown in&quot; (as my SS wrote in their note), but it was a coin on my list!&nbsp; I have a couple of bull and horseman jitals, but wanted one that was clearly bronze or very debased billon (so...pretty much bronze).&nbsp; Here it is!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_3666_zps7j43qggi.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_3666_zps7j43qggi.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_3666_zps7j43qggi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s small, about 14 mm, but thick for these, so still hits 3.5 g.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure of the type, I would assume it&#039;s one of the 13th century coins.&nbsp; My first guess was Mahi Pala...but the legend doesn&#039;t seem quite right. </p><p><br /></p><p>maybe [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]&nbsp; or [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER]&nbsp; could help me please?</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever it is, one I wanted!</p><p><br /></p><p>oh yeah, this also...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565305[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to my SS for these awesome gifts![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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