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Message:: [QUOTE="Milesofwho, post: 3615314, member: 91469"]I went to the Summer FUN show again. For ancients, there really wasn’t much to show physically. I met three forum members in person though! That was something. [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] even gave me a bunch of ancients! [ATTACH=full]968490[/ATTACH]The highlights include a coin of the Thessalian League, a very nice deified Constantine, and of course the Byzantine.I did purchase one medieval coin, even though this coin can in many ways be considered the end of it. [ATTACH=full]968488[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]968489[/ATTACH]It is a groat of Henry VII, made from 1505-1509. With the launch of this coin, England went from a traditional stylized front facing portrait to a realistic profile portrait, following the lead of some Italian states such as Naples, which did so in the 1460s. I particularly like how the wear makes this portrait look almost like a silhouette. I was very happy to find this, as I find it is logically much harder to get profile Henry VII groats than those of his son, Henry VIII. The rest of my purchases can be found <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fun-purchases-world.343024/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fun-purchases-world.343024/">here</a>.[/QUOTE]