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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5377685, member: 85693&quot;]Welcome to Coin Talk, Harry G.&nbsp; When you post photos here, you might want to hit the &quot;full image&quot; button - it pulls your photos up into your post so we don&#039;t have to click on the images. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m no authority on these (or anything, really), but it looks good to me.&nbsp; It seems this type is hard to find, at least compared to the &quot;two headed&quot; ones with Aurelian.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for buying ancient coins on eBay, you will find a lot of debate on Coin Talk about its merits and flaws.&nbsp; As for me, I buy most of my coins there, but you do have to be careful (I recently got burned on a fake siliqua; it was a &quot;calculated&quot; gamble that did not work out).&nbsp; Most of the time I am quite pleased with my transactions, and for the most part, the prices are a lot cheaper than &quot;real&quot; coin auctions and retail sites. </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of us use the Forgery Network site to hunt out fakes - it is very useful, but for me it can be a bit tricky to use:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the two-headed Vabalathus issues with Aurelian (an eBay purchase):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1230018[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Aurelian with Vabalathus&nbsp; <b>Æ Antoninianus</b></b></p><p><b>(Nov. 270- Mar. 272 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Antioch Mint - 5th Off.</b></p><p>VABALATHVS VCR IM DR, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate &amp; cuirassed bust right; Є below.</p><p>RIC 381 Є; Sear 11718.</p><p>(3.05 grams / 21 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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