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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2595731, member: 77077&quot;]My wife and I opened our secret Saturnalia gift this morning and were extremely pleased with the gifts we received!&nbsp; Our Santa obviously took time to figure out the perfect gift for us, here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565640[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is Aelia Flacilla, the wife of Theodosius I, my CoinTalk name sake, who I selected because Theodosius was on the first ancient coin I ever received.&nbsp; I do not have a coin of his wife so she will fit perfectly into our collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aelia Flacilla, AE4, struck circa 383 AD.&nbsp; AEL FLACCILLA AVG, mantled bust right in elaborate headdress &amp; necklace.&nbsp; Reverse: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing a christogram on shield resting on small column.&nbsp; 12.5 mm 1.3 g. scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with this gift was a letter explaining I needed to put on my Toga (my wife very much wanted to see that!) get a drink of spiced cider (check!), and investigate our three gifts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking beyond the Aelia we discovered two Chinese coins!&nbsp; These are not attributed on purpose so I can have fun identifying them.&nbsp; One is the typical round coin with a square hole and the other is a large oval shaped coin that is very satisfying to hold in hand.&nbsp; Included are some attribution hints inside a stapled up section of the letter.&nbsp; I really enjoy tracking down the attribution of unknown coins, so this will be a fun challenge.&nbsp; I will post pictures of these once I figure out what they are or give up (hopefully not).</p><p><br /></p><p>This was a very thoughtful gift that will have us entertained for a good while.&nbsp; I can feel the Chinese coin bug already starting to take hold.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Secret Santa!</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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