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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1668757, member: 44140&quot;]I did not find anything immediatly on a building project in AD 172 but I did find something interesting off wikipedia...</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">Emperor </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" rel="nofollow">Marcus Aurelius</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> crosses the </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube" rel="nofollow">Danube</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> with an expeditionary force, he subdue the </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcomanni" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcomanni" rel="nofollow">Marcomanni</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> and their allies. In a pact signed with the </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_tribes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_tribes" rel="nofollow">Germanic tribes</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">, he imports them into occupy areas of the </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Roman Empire</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> that had been depopulated by the </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_(disease)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_(disease)" rel="nofollow">plague</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">.</font></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"><br /></font></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"></font></span></i><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">I am not sure if this had anything to do with the coin, it does indicate a bit of &quot;restoration&quot; I wonder if this has anything to do with it, or if Italia refers only to the Italian peninsula or if it refers to the whole of the empire and or select parts.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">I really do like coin no. 2, I have this thing for chunky. </span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">As far as development of ones taste. If there is anything that I have picked up from you (you guys included), it is a greater appreciation for legend rather then </span></font></font><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">portraiture</span></font><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">. Everyone loves great pictures(I really only like books with good pictures..haha) and especially neat reverse types, but NOW I like clear text. First in foremost I buy coins that call to me. ...&quot;Ancientnoob, buy me, please, I&#039;m chunky.&quot;</span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">Great pickups- I saw a few of the dealers from the Baltimore show at the small New Haven Show on Sunday-I saw some of the left overs-nothing impressive and nothing impressive in my budget. I am sure there were some guys there with great coins, either they were not at my show or they sold everything, because what I saw didn&#039;t spark my interest. I did see a guy that sells US notes with 5-6 Severus Alexander with the suckling wolf reverse-not my forte&#039; and certainly not for the price he was asking. I&#039;m glad you had some success at your show. </span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">I had to make a rather huge decision at the New Haven Show. A couple of the local dealers wanted to get into ancients and offered to buy my collection for stock. I would say the offered decent money once they viewed my collection, but after cigarette outside and a short conversation with my Father In-Law, I couldn&#039;t do it, I love to many of my coins too much and really didn&#039;t need the money that bad. If I were to sell them, I would never get the money that I think they are worth-at least to me. Some I don&#039;t think I could replace. let alone replace cheaply. If I were to sell or trade, I would rather do so among friends, were they would appreciate them as I do, rather than they just becoming &quot;stock.&quot;</span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">Sorry I hijacked your thread with my rant but this decision has weighed heavily on my mind for the last few weeks, and here I know I am in the company of friends.</span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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