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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2265014, member: 76111&quot;]I&#039;ve got a coin that is extremely rare (R9 in Sydenham) and has likely circulated for 150 years.&nbsp; Phil Davis has got one that&#039;s virtually perfect, but this is so rare it may be the only one I ever get a chance to buy.&nbsp; I was told when I bought it that it was found in a hoard in Portugal in 1953 that terminated with Nerva.&nbsp; It&#039;s actually quite thin at the edges from so much wear.&nbsp; Minted by Brutus perhaps in modern day Turkey, it bought, bartered and sold it&#039;s way across the Empire only to finally get buried in modern day Portugal.&nbsp; What stories it could tell...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone have interesting coins with a lot of honest wear they&#039;d like to share?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450310[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Brutus. AR Denarius (3.75g, 1h, 19mm) Military mint travelling with Brutus in Lycia, early Summer 42 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, his hair in ringlets and bound taenia and laurel wreath. Rev: trophy composed of helmet, cuirass and two shields; one of which has incurved sides (figure of eight), two captives, male and female, seated back to back at base, both in attitude of despair. Crawford 503/1, Syd 1293, Sear CRI 204, BMCRR East 52, Babelon Junia 35, Cohen 8.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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