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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2021474, member: 25357&quot;]Alright...it seems we&#039;ve transitioned from Gallienus to uglies.&nbsp; I&#039;m down with that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my submission.&nbsp; It&#039;s an ugly with a story.&nbsp; My first ancient, bought around 40 years ago when I was a kid living in Germany at the time, it must have been around 1974.&nbsp; My parents took me to visit the camp-gate and Roman ruins at Trier (Trevorum).</p><p><br /></p><p>I still remember the visit to this day.&nbsp; One of the coolest things about the trip was that they let me spend around 5 Deutsch Mark on this way cool Roman coin.&nbsp; I remember thinking, this coin is sooo old, it&#039;s got to be worth big bucks some day.&nbsp; And believing I must have gotten a steal from the dealer hawking these at the tourist stand.&nbsp; I found it in a drawer a few years ago and now it sits in my album with all my other ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some kind of beat up barbarous radiate, I assume.&nbsp; The German writing on the 2x2 translates roughly to: Roman Empire, Emperor with radiate crown; Gallic afterstrike of an Antoninianus around 270 AD.&nbsp; Could it even be a barbarous radiate of Gallienus?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; ...oh yeah, she&#039;s ugly but this girl has <i><u><b>sentimental</b></u></i> value!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]366191[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]366192[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]366193[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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