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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3113499, member: 57495&quot;]I was pretty proud of myself from early April to around early June, the longest I&#039;d gone without a new coin in the past 5 years.&nbsp; Then, <i>this </i>happened... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]790497[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>LAELIANUS</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus. 3.55g, 22.5mm. Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint, AD 269. RIC 9; Mairat 231. O: IMP C LAELIANUS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA AVG, Victory running right, holding wreath and palm frond.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to pay a pretty penny for a coin with a $10 reverse, but Laelianus has been on my want list forever, and this one had a crisp portrait, clear name, and most of its original silvering.&nbsp; When I saw it in the auction catalog, I had about as much restraint as Postumus&#039;s troops at the siege of Mogontiacum who had wanted to plunder Laelianus&#039;s city after it fell, and who then killed their boss when he refused to allow it.&nbsp; I also imagine them feeling a little guilty after the fact, but not so much that they didn&#039;t still enjoy the jingle of some new coins in their purses.&nbsp; Hmmm, maybe mine was one of those? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>As always, please feel free to share anything you feel is appropriate... coins of Gallic rulers, usurpers, coins you fell off the wagon for, etc...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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