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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1944541, member: 19463"]No one wants to follow AJ but it won't be as hard to follow me so here are the five:</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 Aelius Alexandria hemidrachm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]338295[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>#4 Sikyon stater - early version with nice snake tail and owners grafiti phi on both sides. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]338296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>#3 Sinope Medusa AE30 - The Amisos version is easier to find.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]338301[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>#2 Constantine VII and Romanus II silver cored fourree solidus - This is the first I have seen in a lot of looking but well documented in the literature. Please show me your silver cored fourree!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]338302[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>#1 Pescennius Niger denarius with AVS (or is it G/S?) spelling on obverse and VICTOR IVST AVG reverse. Of the examples from this die set I have seen, I am proud to proclaim mine the worst. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]338305[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>All of these are explained in more detail on my favorites pages although #2 and #3 were shown as supporting coins for similar items I already had. </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What will the second half of the year bring?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1944541, member: 19463"]No one wants to follow AJ but it won't be as hard to follow me so here are the five: #5 Aelius Alexandria hemidrachm [ATTACH=full]338295[/ATTACH] #4 Sikyon stater - early version with nice snake tail and owners grafiti phi on both sides. [ATTACH=full]338296[/ATTACH] #3 Sinope Medusa AE30 - The Amisos version is easier to find. [ATTACH=full]338301[/ATTACH] #2 Constantine VII and Romanus II silver cored fourree solidus - This is the first I have seen in a lot of looking but well documented in the literature. Please show me your silver cored fourree! [ATTACH=full]338302[/ATTACH] #1 Pescennius Niger denarius with AVS (or is it G/S?) spelling on obverse and VICTOR IVST AVG reverse. Of the examples from this die set I have seen, I am proud to proclaim mine the worst. [ATTACH=full]338305[/ATTACH] All of these are explained in more detail on my favorites pages although #2 and #3 were shown as supporting coins for similar items I already had. [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html[/url] What will the second half of the year bring?[/QUOTE]
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