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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2820598, member: 10461&quot;]Did i previously post to this thread?&nbsp; Dont think so.&nbsp; I just stumbled across it.&nbsp; It deserves a reboot, so &quot;bump&quot; it goes, back up into the sunlight.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]&#039;s <a href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/p443726947/hcd9ad7c#hcd9ad7c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/p443726947/hcd9ad7c#hcd9ad7c" rel="nofollow">purple-toned Vespasian aureus from the Boscoreale Hoard</a> found in the ruins of Pompeii is the one that &quot;does it for me&quot; the most.&nbsp; (Talk about &quot;heat-induced toning&quot;!&nbsp; Wow.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I would rather own that coin than <i>three</i> USA 1804 dollars (unless, of course, I could have the 1804 dollars, sell them, set myself and my family up to live out the rest of our lives in modest comfort, pay AJ an <i>obscene</i> sum of money for the Boscoreale aureus, and do some crazy-generous giveaways on the forums, too...) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]662172[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: OK, I just read the whole thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hadn&#039;t seen it before.&nbsp; Not only was it a great &quot;feel good&quot; read, but it has also inspired me to put certain types on my radar screen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was not surprised to discover Joe&#039;s Boscoreale aureus already had some admirers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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