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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1992039, member: 19463&quot;]At Fredericksburg I bought coins from three different dealers.&nbsp; The Gordian tet was from an old friend but whose coins are usually above me.&nbsp; Thirteen were from my dealer of choice at shows.&nbsp; When I finished at his table, he told me there was a new dealer in the room and where he was set up.&nbsp; The man said this was his third time to set up as a dealer.&nbsp; He was at Gettysburg.&nbsp; From him I got one of the wire kopecks I showed on another thread and the two coins in this thread.&nbsp; Both were contained in stapled 2x2&#039;s and both looked better under the cellophane than when removed (I hate those holders).&nbsp; They are still half decent coins but not the killers I thought they were due to the surfaces.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For Steve, I have the only animal coin from the show.&nbsp; The horse could barely follow me home since someone chopped off his rear half in honor of him being a hemiobol (7mm 0.32g). The city is Kyme (aka Cyme) in Aeolis) which is famous for broad flan tetradrachms with whole, prancing horses.&nbsp; They are the kind of coin that gets slabbed a lot.&nbsp; People don&#039;t slab rough shape hemiobols.&nbsp; Mine is not as nice as this one but it did not cost as much either.&nbsp; I like hemiobols and smaller coins.&nbsp; It does look better &#039;in hand&#039; but considering the huge blow up here, that is a given. </p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1087794" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1087794" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1087794</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]356797[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Most people will prefer this Trajan denarius with a popular reverse.&nbsp; I am not a major fan of the adoptive emperors but this one does have a clear type for the grade.&nbsp; The surfaces suffered too harsh cleaning but, as always, it is &#039;better in hand&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; We see a reclining personification of the Via Traiana or Trajan&#039;s Highway.&nbsp; In general, any coin that has the emperor&#039;s name on both sides is a little special. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356798[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite dealer hinted he is considering retiring.&nbsp; Considering he is older than I am and I retired in 2003, I can&#039;t say I blame him but it will end my hobby as I know it, wreck my life and drive me to collecting Proof Sets.&nbsp; I still can not see the appeal of being a coin show dealer, living out of a suitcase every weekend and eating in a series of overpriced hotels just because the coin show is in their ballroom.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad they do it.&nbsp; I could not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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