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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7969649, member: 99554"]Welcome to the Ancients forum. But I have a bad news for you: it's not a coin you bought. Not at all. Even not a 4.5g metal disc. It's a piece of history: it was hold by a <i>suppostores </i>1775 years ago, then struck by a <i>malleatores. </i>Perhaps it was used to pay a soldier who was able to feed his family. Before giving this coin to the merchant in exchange for a loaf of bread, he may have wondered if the teenager who is depicted on this coin would reign longer than other members of his family ... maybe the sun-god engraved on the other side of this piece can protect him... </p><p>Can you imagine in how many hands this coin has been traded over the months and years? Until the day when, 50 years later, a poor farmer with holes in his pockets lost it on his way back from his fields ...</p><p>This coin then lay dormant for centuries until one young metal detectorist discovered it again, buried under 12 inches of damp earth ... and now it's yours, the new keeper of this milestone of the history of the Roman Empire. Take good care of it!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1382358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7969649, member: 99554"]Welcome to the Ancients forum. But I have a bad news for you: it's not a coin you bought. Not at all. Even not a 4.5g metal disc. It's a piece of history: it was hold by a [I]suppostores [/I]1775 years ago, then struck by a [I]malleatores. [/I]Perhaps it was used to pay a soldier who was able to feed his family. Before giving this coin to the merchant in exchange for a loaf of bread, he may have wondered if the teenager who is depicted on this coin would reign longer than other members of his family ... maybe the sun-god engraved on the other side of this piece can protect him... Can you imagine in how many hands this coin has been traded over the months and years? Until the day when, 50 years later, a poor farmer with holes in his pockets lost it on his way back from his fields ... This coin then lay dormant for centuries until one young metal detectorist discovered it again, buried under 12 inches of damp earth ... and now it's yours, the new keeper of this milestone of the history of the Roman Empire. Take good care of it! [ATTACH=full]1382358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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