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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3203962, member: 98035&quot;]Those are some seriously cool medieval coins! I have seen that &quot;Augustalis&quot; before, but had forgotten what it was called. Good stuff! I also like how Celtic culture had a very brief revival in those sceattas- I&#039;ll have to be on the lookout for one!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also worthy of mention is the Ostrogothic king Theodahad who was a great lover of the arts and had his mint workers apparently study old first and second century bronzes until they could produce this beauty:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/806248.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=117850" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=117850" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=117850</a></p><p><br /></p><p>No danger of me owning one of those!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have also been a big fan of the Artuqid coins, both with the Seleucid style portrait, and of the Constantine &quot;eyes to heaven&quot; portrait![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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