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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2937851, member: 78244&quot;]I moved back home yesterday, and I had a pile of mail waiting for me. There were four packages I was not expecting. Two were quickly identified as auction catalogues, which left two mysterious packages. One was from Marc&#039;s Parts, which I had assumed to be some Lego, so I opened it. It turned out to be my Secret Saturnalia gift, so oops. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714862[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So what was it? It is an Aurelian ant that I have never seen before (not that that means too much given my inexperience with Roman imperials). It has a portrait of Vabalathus on the other side (reverse?), which effectively makes this a two-headed coin. Now I shall win every &quot;heads or tails&quot; game! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie95" alt=":vamp:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This coin raises many questions, which shall propt me to do some research in the near future. I am really curious and excited. We&#039;ll see if I can share an interesting write-up. This bodes to be interesting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714863[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]714864[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the second mysterious package was a mysterious mystery of strange mystery. If it was not my Sectret Saturnalia gift, then what the heck was it? I was greeted by this note:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714866[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That raised more questions than answers. Did my name get sent out twice? Was someone so generous as to send me a lovely coin for the fun of it? Did my Secret Saturn order a coin from someone and send me one of their coins? I am stumped, but I love the coin. I think I recognize from one of [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]&#039;s auctions, but I am too lazy to go back and see for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a drachm from the Sasanian Empire. I had been wanting one of these for a while due to the styling of the headdress on the obverse. I wonder if he ever said &quot;Do you like my hat?&quot; The 2x2 insert identifies the fuler as Khosran II. Looks like I have some more research here as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]714868[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So yeah... I was a bad boy and opened my gifts before Saturnalia. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But I plead my case from simple confusion! [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] will you represent me for this case?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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