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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8333876, member: 134416&quot;]I&#039;ve become more quality minded as my coin budget has improved, but many of the types I enjoy the most are very expensive in high grade, so hence decrepit placeholders.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477368[/ATTACH]</p><p>It&#039;s a denarius of Octavian (Augustus) commemorating the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.&nbsp; This type is pretty expensive in VF or better.</p><p><br /></p><p>But for more common coins, I&#039;ve been pretty good of late in trying to get attractive examples.&nbsp; The below coins is an example of one of the most comon of Byzantine types, Sear 805, but is actually approaching a best of type.&nbsp; One almost never sees facial features on these.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477372[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also gone back to another love, collecting by patina.&nbsp; This coin isn&#039;t in the highest grade, but the wonderful patina more than makes up for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477377[/ATTACH] </p><p>All in all, my collection also ranges from worn to nice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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