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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2885263, member: 19463&quot;]A dealer at the show had several plastic bags each with 50 to 100 silver coins.&nbsp; Two were Republicans, two denarii, two antoniniani.&nbsp; Each pair had a good $45 bag and a lesser $30 bag.&nbsp; I found nothing I needed in the Republicans and ants but liberated one denarius from each bag.&nbsp; What this shows is that there are $30 Republicans available in quantity but they were all worn and mostly chariots.&nbsp; The ants were all Gordian and Philip.&nbsp; The denarii were much more varied which makes sense since the denomination was made for a long time by more rulers.&nbsp; I like pickout bags like these and am a little surprised I did not find more &#039;keepers&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I suspect many of you would have left these two but found other treasures in the same bags.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is the beauty of unidentified pickout bags.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla / Sol below is dated to his next to last year with the GERM obverse.&nbsp; It is later than his worst scowling portraits but reasonably well struck and has a little tone and few deposits.&nbsp; I other words, it is the kind of coin that usually appeals to me.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]692358[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Gordian III / VENVS VICTRIX denarius below was an easy choice for me.&nbsp; I only had two of his denarii previously.&nbsp; There are many fewer denarii than antoniniani for Gordian.&nbsp; Am I trying to get the set?&nbsp; Not consciously --- but there is something about them that appeals to me so I might accidentally buy ten or so more and start asking which ones I lack. This example is fully cleaned but reasonably well struck.&nbsp; It even shows a bit of crude helmet detail in Venus&#039; hand.&nbsp; Some of these have more a blob.&nbsp; I may like it better in a few years if it tones a bit. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]692365[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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