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<p>[QUOTE="ancient times, post: 19258485, member: 107246"]I was looking at my coins and I noticed my Agrippa, Æ As. Agrippa. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left. RIC 58 size 22mm </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1539056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1539057[/ATTACH] </p><p>I bought in 2016 on eBay from a dealer in Czechoslovakia, when it arrived on the outside of the envelope had pocket watch written on it, another envelope inside contained a tea light candle. I was ticked off, then finally I took the candle apart and underneath the candle was the coin wrapped up in foil, before i decided to take the candle apart it just about went in the trash. today i can not figure out why he shipped it that way. So if you get a strange shipment check before tossing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient times, post: 19258485, member: 107246"]I was looking at my coins and I noticed my Agrippa, Æ As. Agrippa. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left. RIC 58 size 22mm [ATTACH=full]1539056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1539057[/ATTACH] I bought in 2016 on eBay from a dealer in Czechoslovakia, when it arrived on the outside of the envelope had pocket watch written on it, another envelope inside contained a tea light candle. I was ticked off, then finally I took the candle apart and underneath the candle was the coin wrapped up in foil, before i decided to take the candle apart it just about went in the trash. today i can not figure out why he shipped it that way. So if you get a strange shipment check before tossing![/QUOTE]
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