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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2937444, member: 44210&quot;]Sorry in advance if the smartphone photos are sub-par; out of camera batteries again (it burns through so many of them that I actually wouldn&#039;t mind a multipack of AAs as a gift lol).</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to do a double-take when this greeted me when I opened the package, to make sure I was really seeing it. I never imagined that I would receive a rare Ostrogothic coin as a gift. Ostrogothic coins are some of my absolute favorites to collect and so they are one of my main collecting niches.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714629[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714623[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My SS seems to also know about my fondness for old Spanish coins (which I feel a personal connection to due to my Hispanic background, making the following two coins even more special):</p><p><br /></p><p>1761 Charles/Carlos III 2 reales (in hand the reverse toning looks about the same as the obverse; again, phone photos)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714633[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Early 1600s, Philip/Felipe III 2 maravedis (I love how it feels like an LRB)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714635[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, a nice interesting small bronze of Nabataean king Aretas IV, or as I like to call him, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arepa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arepa" rel="nofollow">Arepas</a> IV <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714636[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t forget the group shot:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="7"><b><span style="color: #ff0000">A</span> <span style="color: #00b300">huge</span> <span style="color: #ff0000">thank</span> <span style="color: #00b300">you,</span> <span style="color: #ff0000">Secret</span> <span style="color: #00b300">Saturn!</span></b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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