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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2653081, member: 84744&quot;]Wow, thanks for resurrecting this awesome thread!&nbsp; With not even a month of CT behind me, I can&#039;t imagine the number of great threads I&#039;ve missed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a variety of classic &quot;cabinet toned&quot; pieces I like:</p><p><br /></p><p>Drachm, Philip III (Arrhidaios) 323-319 BC, Price P66.&nbsp; Sorry for the lo-res photo.&nbsp; (I know there&#039;s a lot of controversy over when the facial features of Alexander first made it onto the coins, but this one looks particularly Alex-ish to me):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587231[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, T. Quinctius Flamininus, 126 BC (apex to l. on obverse; Macedonian shield below on rev.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587232[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Toned siliquae aren&#039;t getting a lot of love in this thread, so... Valens, Arles (&quot;Constantina&quot;), 364-7.&nbsp; Scarce type &amp; mint, it seems. RIC IX Arles 6d.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587237[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And going outside the classics:</p><p><br /></p><p>Shapur I (242-270), drachm:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587238[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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