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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3179591, member: 57495&quot;]I pity those who have trouble seeing beyond a little static... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of the first coins I ever bought, and it remains one of my most prized examples of ancient static. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]819118[/ATTACH]<b>ELAGABALUS</b></p><p>AE25. 10.14g, 25.1mm. MACEDONIA, Thessalonica, circa AD 218-222. Varbanov 4444. O: AV K M AVR ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: QECCALONIKEWN, Nike advancing left, holding small Kabirus and palm branch. </p><p><br /></p><p>The static on this one is pretty nice and even and the devices mostly all visible through it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819119[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE34. 20.82g, 34.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1667 var. (rev legend). O: AVT KAI M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right;&nbsp; Π – Π in exergue. R: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩ / A M - K Γ B, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and apples of the Hesperides; tree to left, from which hangs the carcass of the monstrous serpent Ladon. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A seller tossed this one into my order as a freebie... he obviously wasn&#039;t a fan of ancient static. His loss! It took some digging before I could attribute it, but it turned out to be a very rare Cilician provincial of Commodus, with only 1 specimen cited in RPC. One day I&#039;m going to sell it for $1,000,000.00. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]819124[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE19. 4.77g, 19.3mm. CILICIA, Augusta, 183/184 AD (Year 164). Karbach, <i>Augusta </i>p.54, 81 (same obv die) = RPC Online Temp 6170 (Marcus Aurelius). O: Laureate head of Commodus right, AV KOMODO [...]. R: AVGOVSTN(sic) ETOY EPD, horse (?) standing right, head turned left; tree to left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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