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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2573334, member: 10461"]Neat! As you can see from my avatar, I once collected a lot of "holey" coins, but since this is the Ancient forum, I'll just share the ancients. This one was the onetime centerpiece of my "Holey Gold Hat" of avatar fame. <img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18727/RS232-Roman-AV_solidus%2C_Zeno_%28ca_474-491_AD%29-031100.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> ZENO the Isaurian (474-491 AD), AV solidus, Victory, ex-Eliasberg, struck after 476 AD                                   Obverse- D N ZENO PERP AVG, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy. Reverse- VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long cross, two stars in field, CONOB in exergue.Ex- Stack's auction of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, 4/15/2005, Lot 24. Then there was this enormous Byzantine (or "Romaion", if you prefer) follis, which I couldn't pass up for twenty bucks.  First a scan, with a US dime shown for scale.  Then photos.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-Byzantine-follis-scale.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-Byzantine-follis.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Speaking of the Holey Coin ensemble, some folks had asked for pictures of it and I couldn't find them.  Thought them lost for good, but then I discovered I had some in my old gallery at FORVM.  So here they are. The Holey Gold Hat, circa 2010 or thereabouts.(A few of the<a href="http://s88.photobucket.com/user/lordmarcovan/library/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat?sort=9&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s88.photobucket.com/user/lordmarcovan/library/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat?sort=9&page=1" rel="nofollow"> individual coin pictures</a>)<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18727/003-HGH.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Holey Coin Vest I, circa 2000.  <img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18727/001-Holey_Coin_Vest_I.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Holey Coin Vest II, circa 2004, from which the avatar was made, as you can see.(Old tabby ruins at Retreat Plantation, St. Simons Island, GA in the background.)(Here are some individual <a href="http://s88.photobucket.com/user/lordmarcovan/library/Holey%20Coins-%20World?sort=9&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s88.photobucket.com/user/lordmarcovan/library/Holey%20Coins-%20World?sort=9&page=1" rel="nofollow">World coins</a> off the vest - and some of the <a href="http://s88.photobucket.com/user/lordmarcovan/library/Holey%20Coins-%20USA?sort=9&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s88.photobucket.com/user/lordmarcovan/library/Holey%20Coins-%20USA?sort=9&page=1" rel="nofollow">US coins</a>.)<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18727/002-Holey_Coin_Vest_II.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> [/QUOTE]

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