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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2596921, member: 10461&quot;]I bought this cute little bronze from Gerhard Rohde on VCoins recently because I liked the portrait and the lion on it.&nbsp; I needed a &lt;$25 ancient Greek coin for the &quot;<a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/965947/numismatic-gladiator-intro-index-thread" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/965947/numismatic-gladiator-intro-index-thread" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Gladiator</a>&quot; contest over on Collectors Universe.&nbsp; &quot;Numismatic Gladiator&quot; is a series of &quot;cheap coin challenges&quot; decided by poll. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will be facing off against [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] in <b>Numismatic Gladiator XI.&nbsp; </b>This is to be a rematch, since he (narrowly) beat me in <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/963161/numismatic-gladiator-i-aethelred-vs-lordmarcovan/p1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/963161/numismatic-gladiator-i-aethelred-vs-lordmarcovan/p1" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Gladiator I</a> when we dueled with &lt;$20 Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was on sale, so I got it for&nbsp; € 16.00 (about $17.03 USD at time of purchase), before shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, Herr Rohde informed me that this coin was part of his inventory stolen at a show in Germany recently.&nbsp; I got a refund, so it&#039;s back to shopping VCoins for an inexpensive Greek or Greek Imperial coin to defeat [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] and redeem my gladiatorial honor!&nbsp; Wish me luck! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So this one isn&#039;t to be, but I thought I&#039;d post it, just for fun.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/135/J/6/jW3P6X2x75tYFmm9cN2ERdK7DD4rKy.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/135/J/6/jW3P6X2x75tYFmm9cN2ERdK7DD4rKy.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/135/J/5/jW3P6X2x75tYFmm9cN2ERdK7DD4rKy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/135/J/6/jW3P6X2x75tYFmm9cN2ERdK7DD4rKy.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/135/J/6/jW3P6X2x75tYFmm9cN2ERdK7DD4rKy.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.vcoins.com/images/magnify.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Bronze coin</p><p>Antandrus, Troas 400 - 284 B C Head of Apollo laureate r.</p><p>ANTAN</p><p>Lion&#039;s head r.; grapes. 1.40 gram</p><p>11.7 mm</p><p>Aulock 7580[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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