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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2007454, member: 57495&quot;]Interesting coin!&nbsp; I admit to being taken in by the allure of the &#039;rare&#039; coin too, even when the condition of the coin is not great.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this Aemilian from Parium is quite nice though.&nbsp; The combination of condition, scarce ruler, general rarity and interesting architectural type drew me in.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]360838[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>AEMILIAN</b></p><p>AE21</p><p>4.44g, 21mm</p><p>MYSIA Parium, 253 AD</p><p>Extremely rare and unrecorded in major references; A. Boutkowski-Glinka, &quot;Monnaies grecques inédites,&quot; NumCirc I.3 (February 1893), p. 79, 7.&nbsp; </p><p>O: IMP M AEM AEMILIANVS I, laureate draped bust right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: Triumphal arch consisting of large central bay with attic, flanked by two secondary bays; central bay surmounted by triumphal quadriga (of elephants?); each secondary bay surmounted by figure set on low basis, CGIHP (Colonia Gemella lulia Hadriana Pariana) in ex.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While the type being &quot;extremely rare&quot; is remarked upon in sales, in CNG&#039;s archives alone there are 3 examples, one as recent as their last e-auction two weeks ago :</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=269578" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=269578" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=269578</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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