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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5005455, member: 110504"]From here, it looks like just a typically 'beat-up' example for the period. Right, that's mostly a metaphor for what happened chemically, while it was spending most of its life in the ground. --[USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] (just) got further into the details of that than I could have.</p><p>This is Helena, mother of Constantine I, who issued the coin in her name. For historical significance, you did very well. And you're right, in the instance of Helena in particular, these are scarcer, and priced accordingly.</p><p>What your example managed to do, despite all, was to preserve the legends, along with some nice detail on Helena's hair and profile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5005455, member: 110504"]From here, it looks like just a typically 'beat-up' example for the period. Right, that's mostly a metaphor for what happened chemically, while it was spending most of its life in the ground. --[USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] (just) got further into the details of that than I could have. This is Helena, mother of Constantine I, who issued the coin in her name. For historical significance, you did very well. And you're right, in the instance of Helena in particular, these are scarcer, and priced accordingly. What your example managed to do, despite all, was to preserve the legends, along with some nice detail on Helena's hair and profile.[/QUOTE]
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