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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 3095190, member: 44357"]They minted a lot of these coins and the dies developed pronounced rust, especially around the crown, which indicates that they were used for longer than they should have been. My example has a bit of this die rust: I sacrificed a bit of die perfection in favor of the condition/centering of the rest of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who haven't held one, I highly recommend doing so whenever you get a chance (at a coin show or auction lot viewing). They are <i>hefty</i> and really feel like true money, even though they weren't produced for circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]781989[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And, because she's referenced in the article, his famous ancestor, Cleopatra:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]781997[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And, because no thread is worth having without forcing historical figures to sit adjacent to those who overthrew them, Octavian's Aegypto Capta denarius, which celebrates Cleopatra's/Antony's defeat, resulting in Egypt becoming a Roman province:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]781998[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 3095190, member: 44357"]They minted a lot of these coins and the dies developed pronounced rust, especially around the crown, which indicates that they were used for longer than they should have been. My example has a bit of this die rust: I sacrificed a bit of die perfection in favor of the condition/centering of the rest of the coin. For those who haven't held one, I highly recommend doing so whenever you get a chance (at a coin show or auction lot viewing). They are [I]hefty[/I] and really feel like true money, even though they weren't produced for circulation. [ATTACH=full]781989[/ATTACH] And, because she's referenced in the article, his famous ancestor, Cleopatra: [ATTACH=full]781997[/ATTACH] And, because no thread is worth having without forcing historical figures to sit adjacent to those who overthrew them, Octavian's Aegypto Capta denarius, which celebrates Cleopatra's/Antony's defeat, resulting in Egypt becoming a Roman province: [ATTACH=full]781998[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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