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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2276503, member: 76194"][USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] sent me these coins I purchased from him. They are not expensive nor particularly super rare, nor are they shinny examples of coins of their kind, but I got them both for their own reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>We all know Emperor crybaby was a dirty and naughty boy, who wanted to be a God and thought he could kill at will with no consequences. This coin of Elagabalus has convenient brown tarnish on Elagabalus himself (as if he had been rolling in the mud out back from the senate house) , reminding us just what a nasty little boy Emperor he was.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next up from [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER], a Roman flamingo on a ball of yarn? Well, either that or a Phoenix sitting on the globe of planet Earth. I'll let you come to your own conclusions. This beautiful coin of Constantius II celebrates the 1,100 anniversary of Rome. Not as exciting as the 1,000 anniversary in the sense the Empire was already in severe decline, but hey, happy birthday Roma.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454297[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2276503, member: 76194"][USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] sent me these coins I purchased from him. They are not expensive nor particularly super rare, nor are they shinny examples of coins of their kind, but I got them both for their own reasons: We all know Emperor crybaby was a dirty and naughty boy, who wanted to be a God and thought he could kill at will with no consequences. This coin of Elagabalus has convenient brown tarnish on Elagabalus himself (as if he had been rolling in the mud out back from the senate house) , reminding us just what a nasty little boy Emperor he was. [ATTACH=full]454298[/ATTACH] Next up from [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER], a Roman flamingo on a ball of yarn? Well, either that or a Phoenix sitting on the globe of planet Earth. I'll let you come to your own conclusions. This beautiful coin of Constantius II celebrates the 1,100 anniversary of Rome. Not as exciting as the 1,000 anniversary in the sense the Empire was already in severe decline, but hey, happy birthday Roma. [ATTACH=full]454297[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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