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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2212751, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">I was watching today&#039;s CNG auction and thinking to myself that I sure wish I had some cash to place a couple of bids, for there were some sweet coins in today&#039;s auction.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I saw a neat coin and put a very small bid on it, but I was outbid ... *rats*</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... but what do ya know, soon I saw another coin worthy of a tiny bid, but again I was outbid (and starting to get an itchy trigger-finger)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... so along comes this dog which didn&#039;t even have a bid on it yet ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The next thing I know, I&#039;m the proud owner of this dingy, cracked Philip II sestertius!! ($60)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh well ... if it doesn&#039;t crack in half during it&#039;s postal-journey, it&#039;ll at least feel pretty good in-hand!!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Philip II. As Caesar, Æ Sestertius</span></b></p><p>244-247 AD</p><p>Rome mint, 3rd officina. 4th emission of Philip I, AD 245</p><p>Diameter: 30.5 mm</p><p>Weight: 20.36 grams</p><p>Obverse: Bareheaded and draped bust right</p><p>Reverse: Philip II standing right, holding spear and globe</p><p>Reference: RIC IV 255a; Banti 10</p><p>Other: 2h )... dark gray and brown patina, areas of light roughness, hairline flan crack</p><p>[ATTACH=full]432438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... man, I gotta stop logging on to those auctions!! (I&#039;m like a rat in a cheese-shoppe!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie21" alt=":bear:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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