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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8265194, member: 85693&quot;]I adore eBay!&nbsp; It is where I get most of my coins.&nbsp; Fakes?&nbsp; Overpriced stuff?&nbsp; For sure, but there are interesting things there if you don&#039;t mind wasting scads of precious time...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just in the mail today, this was listed as &quot;Roman Bronze Coin.&quot;&nbsp; The seller mostly sells US stuff, mint sets and other things I don&#039;t appreciate.&nbsp; He was going with the packaging the coin came in, the usual Littleton Coin Co. flip and vague description they use on their low-end stuff.&nbsp; It was $5.00 opening bid, and I was the only bidder.&nbsp; Here is the seller photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458197[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From the photos, I couldn&#039;t tell what it was, but I was pretty sure the Littleton Coin Co. packaging had been tampered with since it was obviously not a &quot;<i>Small </i>Bronze Coin of Ancient Rome.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; With little to go on, I guessed it was a Faustina I lifetime sestertius that I would be able to dazzle [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] with because of its great rarity.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But nope, I was wrong.&nbsp; Here are my photos, including the packaging:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458195[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458196[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Yep, that&#039;s Hadrian&#039;s wife Sabina.&nbsp; Worn, for sure, but five bucks and certainly not &quot;small&quot; at 25 grams.&nbsp; This sort of thing keeps me coming back to eBay, again and again - the thrill of the hunt (for junk).&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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