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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2478841, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Oh my, when I saw this amazingly cool looking fourree I knew that it was comin&#039; home with me!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... and then when I scored it under its initial estimate, well then, I kinda felt like a god myself!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; here is my first gold coin .... ooops, ummm ... here is my first fake gold coin!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">super fricken cool, yes? (yes)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Nicephorus II Phocas, with Basil II. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Fourrée Histamenon Nomisma</span></b></p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>963-969 AD</p><p>Diameter: 20 mm</p><p>Weight: 2.85 grams</p><p>Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator</p><p>Reverse: Crowned facing busts of Nicephorus II, wearing loros, and Basil II, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them</p><p>Reference: Cf. DOC 2; cf. Füeg 2; cf. SB 1777</p><p>Other: 6h … Fine, plating worn through</p><p>From the E. E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522970[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]522971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]522969[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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