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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3360483, member: 98035"]Last month I spent a few days re-organizing and imaging some of my Romans, and found this coin, one of the oldest residents of my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890634[/ATTACH] </p><p>Theodora, wife of Constantius I</p><p>AE4, minted c. 337</p><p>Trier Mint</p><p>FL MAX THEODORA AVG, Draped bust right</p><p>PIETAS ROMANA / TRP, Cross left, Pietas breastfeeding an infant</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought my first ancient coin in about August 2015, and decided to try my luck at buying a bulk lot about two months later. I had no clue what I was doing, and bought a lot of maybe 25 coins for $35 shipped. Most of the rest of the lot was garbage, but this one coin more than made up for it. It still amazes me to this day that I did not get totally burned on my first coin lot; I most certainly did on the next few!</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins and tales of beginner's luck, where you had no clue what you were doing but things still worked out OK![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3360483, member: 98035"]Last month I spent a few days re-organizing and imaging some of my Romans, and found this coin, one of the oldest residents of my collection: [ATTACH=full]890634[/ATTACH] Theodora, wife of Constantius I AE4, minted c. 337 Trier Mint FL MAX THEODORA AVG, Draped bust right PIETAS ROMANA / TRP, Cross left, Pietas breastfeeding an infant I bought my first ancient coin in about August 2015, and decided to try my luck at buying a bulk lot about two months later. I had no clue what I was doing, and bought a lot of maybe 25 coins for $35 shipped. Most of the rest of the lot was garbage, but this one coin more than made up for it. It still amazes me to this day that I did not get totally burned on my first coin lot; I most certainly did on the next few! Post your coins and tales of beginner's luck, where you had no clue what you were doing but things still worked out OK![/QUOTE]
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