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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5303844, member: 96898"]I did a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-affordable-hobby-2020-favorites-under-25.371149/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-affordable-hobby-2020-favorites-under-25.371149/">list </a>of my favorite 2020 bargain purchases recently, so in order to not repeat myself, I'll post two coins that almost made said list:</p><p><br /></p><p>An unusually nice Cripus with an even more unusual mintmark. €13.50 shipped:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223683[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Crispus, Roman Empire, AE 3, 321–324 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: IVL CRISPVS NOB C; head of Crispus, laureate, r. Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM; VOT X in wreath; in exergue ΔSISC (sunrise). 20mm, 3.24g. Ref: RIC VII Siscia 181.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>A very attractive Indian medieval "Gadhaiya paisa." $5 shipped:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1223682[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Chalukyas of Gujarat, AR “Gadhaiya paisa” (copying earlier Sasanian drachms), c. 1030–1120 AD. Obv: stylized portrait of ruler r. Rev: stylized fire altar. 17mm, 4.01g. Ref: Series 1.4.3; Deyell 158; Mitchiner NI 427.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5303844, member: 96898"]I did a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-affordable-hobby-2020-favorites-under-25.371149/']list [/URL]of my favorite 2020 bargain purchases recently, so in order to not repeat myself, I'll post two coins that almost made said list: An unusually nice Cripus with an even more unusual mintmark. €13.50 shipped: [ATTACH=full]1223683[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Crispus, Roman Empire, AE 3, 321–324 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: IVL CRISPVS NOB C; head of Crispus, laureate, r. Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM; VOT X in wreath; in exergue ΔSISC (sunrise). 20mm, 3.24g. Ref: RIC VII Siscia 181.[/SIZE] A very attractive Indian medieval "Gadhaiya paisa." $5 shipped: [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1223682[/ATTACH] Chalukyas of Gujarat, AR “Gadhaiya paisa” (copying earlier Sasanian drachms), c. 1030–1120 AD. Obv: stylized portrait of ruler r. Rev: stylized fire altar. 17mm, 4.01g. Ref: Series 1.4.3; Deyell 158; Mitchiner NI 427.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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