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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 6593554, member: 44316"]Coin #5 belongs to [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] . His posts suggest he likes horses, Spanish AE, and late Roman AE. So, I inferred that he might buy some other AE. But, you can't determine what will show up at a local coin shop; many of us would buy any attractive coin if the price were right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I live in silver-dollar country, so almost no ancient coins ever show up at my "local" (not really local, but "closest") coin shop. However, one did:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265639[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thasos. Thrace.</p><p>c. 400 BC.</p><p>11 mm. Obol. 0.82 grams.</p><p>Satyr kneeling left holding vase</p><p>Vase on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had told you an ancient coin showed up, just one, in the shop, you might guess it was a Constantine, but this type seems unlikely. I bought it because it was there and the price was right. That's why [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] bought coin #5![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 6593554, member: 44316"]Coin #5 belongs to [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] . His posts suggest he likes horses, Spanish AE, and late Roman AE. So, I inferred that he might buy some other AE. But, you can't determine what will show up at a local coin shop; many of us would buy any attractive coin if the price were right. Unfortunately, I live in silver-dollar country, so almost no ancient coins ever show up at my "local" (not really local, but "closest") coin shop. However, one did: [ATTACH=full]1265639[/ATTACH] Thasos. Thrace. c. 400 BC. 11 mm. Obol. 0.82 grams. Satyr kneeling left holding vase Vase on reverse. If I had told you an ancient coin showed up, just one, in the shop, you might guess it was a Constantine, but this type seems unlikely. I bought it because it was there and the price was right. That's why [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] bought coin #5![/QUOTE]
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