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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2186158, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I got outbid on my primary coin-target, so I got kinda angry and started hunting for other coins as a knee-jerk reaction ... unfortunately, a lot of the really hot coins had already been taken home, but then I spotted Tranquillina across the smokey dance-floor ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; meet my new girlfriend, Tranquillina Butterface </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea- Eusebia,</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Tranquillina, Augusta, AR Drachm</span></b></p><p>AD 241-244</p><p>Dated RY 4 of Gordian III (AD 240/1)</p><p>Diameter: 18 mm</p><p>Weight: 2.71 grams</p><p>Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>Reverse: Mt. Argaeus; ЄT Δ (date) in exergue</p><p>Reference: Bland, Last 58; Sydenham, Caesarea Supp. 617aa</p><p>Other: 5h … find patina</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424011[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424010[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... I looked-up previous sales on this coin-type and was very happy to find that I paid less than all of the other examples (what do ya know, I actually made a pretty sweet purchase &quot;on the rebound!!&quot;)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">(#168 on the ERIC-II Rarity list ... whatever that&#039;s worth)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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