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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LukeGob, post: 23774486, member: 73885&quot;]I went to the Baltimore Whitman Spring Expo Friday. Took the day off work. Had a great time. I haven&#039;t been to a lot of such things &amp; it was insightful, for me anyway, to simply walk around &amp; see so many awesome coins in person, instead of in a not-so-great pic in RIC or on the interwebs or wherever. Plus, I got to hear the correct pronunciation for some words I&#039;d only read. So, for all that, I&#039;d like to thank all the vendors I bothered for being so accommodating &amp; for offering their expertise up for free (especially to me. Gotta be honest, I don&#039;t look like someone to whom you should just hand valuables to look at). If any of you are on here, thanks for a wonderful (much needed-) day (-off work).</p><p><br /></p><p>I was hoping to find a tremissis of one of my favorite late Roman Rulers (Theo. I or II, Arcadius, Honorius or Val. III) for a decent price relative to the ruler, any condition. Probably not a realistic goal, but, yeah. I was kind of suprised to find that there were only a few gold coins of any denomination from the era anywhere; a few for Theo. I &amp; II. &amp; an Honorius or 2. Though I did find a nice Marcian that I almost settled for. Still had fun seeing what was there. Anyway, gave up &amp; hit the pick-bins. There, I did have a little luck. Got a nice Leo I, Emp. W/cross &amp; Barb, Constantinople.; a Sasanian drachm (something I&#039;ve been wanting an ex of but back-burnering for a while) that I know very little about; &amp; a reasonably nice Nero As w/Vict. holding SPQR Wr. The Nero is actually pretty good in-hand, though it is a bit...let&#039;s call it zealously cleaned (tooled/smoothed?). The color difference btw Ob/Re is there in-hand too. Still, near-full, clear enough Ob Leg (doesn&#039;t show in pics well, but it&#039;s nice in real light) good-enough portrait w/nice relief, Re rough (whoever only started cleaning that side), but devices are all discernible, clear S-C &amp; SPQR. I&#039;ll take it for the price. $10 for the Leo, $20 each the other two. Plus some US coins; they&#039;re not great, but everything is there &amp; legable with clear dates, so plenty good for the likes of me! And cheap. Ancients came from Harlan J Berk&#039;s stand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody else go? Find anything good?</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero</p><p>RIC I (2nd ed.)-312</p><p>10.8 g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1546837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1546838[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sasanian drachm</p><p>???</p><p>3.9g</p><p>30 mm X 29mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546841[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1546842[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really know much about this coin. From looking at Beast&#039;s site, I think it&#039;s Kavad I? If anyone can help me out with any info about it, please share. Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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