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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4754360, member: 56859"]Here's a pretty good upgrade and it brings up the question Doug raised about buying a coin when you know you'll want an upgrade. I bought it anyway, in part because it was an ex-@Zumbly and in [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]'s auction but mainly I just really wanted a coin depicting the abduction of Persephone. Here's the first one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-rapeofpersephone-jpg.895483/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, Stobi. Caracalla (198-217)</b></p><p>AE 23.6 mm, 5.8 gm</p><p>Obv: M AVR ANTONINV AG; laureate and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: MV-N-I-CIP STOBE; Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone</p><p>Ref: AMNG III 12 var. (bust seen from front); Varbanov 4052 (R5, same dies)</p><p><i>Ex Zumbly</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And the more recent acquisition:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4754360, member: 56859"]Here's a pretty good upgrade and it brings up the question Doug raised about buying a coin when you know you'll want an upgrade. I bought it anyway, in part because it was an ex-@Zumbly and in [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]'s auction but mainly I just really wanted a coin depicting the abduction of Persephone. Here's the first one: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-rapeofpersephone-jpg.895483/[/IMG] [B]MACEDON, Stobi. Caracalla (198-217)[/B] AE 23.6 mm, 5.8 gm Obv: M AVR ANTONINV AG; laureate and cuirassed bust right Rev: MV-N-I-CIP STOBE; Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone Ref: AMNG III 12 var. (bust seen from front); Varbanov 4052 (R5, same dies) [I]Ex Zumbly[/I] And the more recent acquisition: [ATTACH=full]1160434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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