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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1296076, member: 19463&quot;]A small local show here had only a couple dealers with ancients but I still managed to leave with a dozen new-old coins.&nbsp; As usual I got home and found I bought a couple of duplicates by accident but the overall result was not bad for a small show.&nbsp; Baltimore is in two weeks and this one will save me driving there since the dealers I most enjoy seeing do both.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My first offering here shows the two non-Romans I got.&nbsp; They are the most expensive and cheapest coins bought and the largest an the smallest as well.&nbsp; Some Romans will follow when I finish with the photos and cataloging.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145133.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>First is a silver tetradrachm of the Indo-Scythian king Azes II (30 BC-5 AD).&nbsp; There are many varieties of these with the horseman obverse and dozens of monograms.&nbsp; The reverses vary more showing various gods.&nbsp; This one is Poseidon (see the trident over his shoulder?).&nbsp;&nbsp; As BC date silver tetradrachms go, these are cheap but it still costs more than I like to pay for coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145134.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand is the smallest, ugliest and cheapest silver I found interesting.&nbsp; I have been expanding into medieval a bit but still don&#039;t feel comfortable enough with my knowledge to spend as much as the nice looking ones draw.&nbsp; This is a denier issued by the Archbishop of Vienna in France (c.1250 AD) and shows a crude head of St. Maurice surrounded by the legend S.M. VIENNA.&nbsp; The reverse cross is surrounded by MAXIMA GALL with a bar across the two L&#039;s.&nbsp; That last feature was the tip that led me to be able to read the coin.&nbsp; Some of these things in less than nice condition are hard to read until you get a starting point and figure out which way is up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans are easier to read.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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