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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hoth2, post: 2595005, member: 74431&quot;]PART II:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565421[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>CRISPUS</p><p><br /></p><p>Crispus is another coin that&#039;s long been on my want list, mostly because of how he went out.&nbsp; The bits of bronze peeking through the patina here are doing so in an attractive fashion and are pretty excellent.</p><p><br /></p><p>JUSTIN II</p><p>This is the coin that suffered the most from my poor coin-photography skills, so maybe it&#039;s best that this is the one that won&#039;t upload for some reason.&nbsp; It&#039;s also the coin of these four that I&#039;ve spent the most time with.&nbsp; It&#039;s the half follis that has Justin II and Sophia seated next to each other, nimbate and with a cross between them.&nbsp; It&#039;s in rougher shape than the rest of these guys, but that&#039;s to be expected for the type, and it has plenty of fine details that emerge if you spend a little time looking for them, which has been really fun.&nbsp; I keep spotting an eyeball here and a letter there--it&#039;s almost like watching the theme emerge from a good novel.</p><p><br /></p><p>You did a great job Ancientcoinguru.&nbsp; Thank you and happy Saturnalia![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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