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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2453562, member: 74282"]It's late and I'm fried from spending 12+ hours debugging a big code change but here's me:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]512877[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of my favorite coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]512878[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cr. 44/7 AR sestertius. This is a type that is easily found in lower grades or with significant metal problems(usually crystallization) or they are so off center as to lose the "IIS". In fact there are several on Vcoins right now, but finding one like this takes a lot of patience. The stars aligned and I managed to catch this one on Vcoins at a surprisingly affordable price so I snatched it up right at the end of 2015 as a late Christmas present to myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512879[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cr. 137/6 second crescent seies sextans. Not the nicest example out there, but average for the type and with great provenance(Ex. RBW & Ex. Goodman, CNG 45) and I have a bit of information about the find context, which I can only say about a handful of my coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512880[/ATTACH] </p><p>An Antony Legion XV(V faint due to worn dies) denarius. A budget example in some respects but everything is there and relatively well-centered and the banker's marks don't detract much, so it was the perfect example for my budget.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2453562, member: 74282"]It's late and I'm fried from spending 12+ hours debugging a big code change but here's me: [ATTACH=full]512877[/ATTACH] A couple of my favorite coins: [ATTACH=full]512878[/ATTACH] Cr. 44/7 AR sestertius. This is a type that is easily found in lower grades or with significant metal problems(usually crystallization) or they are so off center as to lose the "IIS". In fact there are several on Vcoins right now, but finding one like this takes a lot of patience. The stars aligned and I managed to catch this one on Vcoins at a surprisingly affordable price so I snatched it up right at the end of 2015 as a late Christmas present to myself. [ATTACH=full]512879[/ATTACH] Cr. 137/6 second crescent seies sextans. Not the nicest example out there, but average for the type and with great provenance(Ex. RBW & Ex. Goodman, CNG 45) and I have a bit of information about the find context, which I can only say about a handful of my coins. [ATTACH=full]512880[/ATTACH] An Antony Legion XV(V faint due to worn dies) denarius. A budget example in some respects but everything is there and relatively well-centered and the banker's marks don't detract much, so it was the perfect example for my budget.[/QUOTE]
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