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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2907419, member: 84744&quot;]... [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER]!&nbsp; (Entry requirement was to give a correct ID from the group photo of my big miscellaneous lot, or neat new-to-me info on one of the coins.&nbsp; See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/group-lot-goodies-83-x-fun-plus-a-draw.305663/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/group-lot-goodies-83-x-fun-plus-a-draw.305663/">this linked thread</a> for details.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats, arnoldoe!&nbsp; He picked the coin he wanted from the lot via private message, and he went for the antoninianus of Vabalathus and Aurelian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]701497[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first time he&#039;s won something on CoinTalk, and this is my first giveaway... and we are both Canucks!&nbsp; There&#039;s a nice symmetry there, no? or something?&nbsp; Anyway, I&#039;m pleased to be able to send this to him as a sort of extra non-secret Saturnalia present.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin on, everyone!!&nbsp; And do go check out the thread if you didn&#039;t follow it.&nbsp; There&#039;s an especially cool revelation near the end... a coin I thought was a dud turned out to be, well, definitely not a beauty, but certainly a gem! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Thanks to both [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] and [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] for making that happen.&nbsp; Also a special thanks to [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] and [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER], who were both extremely helpful and very impressive in the ID game![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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