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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3498464, member: 96864"]As others have stated that Sestertius is blessed with a nice portrait, congratulations! The nuances of the different varieties is well beyond me at this point but slowly I am sponging up knowledge and appreciate little lessons like these.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Huh, I clearly remember scrolling right past that coin (the reverse), congrats on knowing what it was!</p><p><br /></p><p>I like browsing his wares and got this from the same seller, not a coin but potentially a score as well. Claimed to be a roman knife but it looked like a "Greek" Makhaira fighting knife/short sword to me, with the mostly straight back and convex wider and weightier working-end of the blade making it effective at hacking/chopping in close formation. Maybe it's just an Ottoman yatagan but the style doesn't seem to fit as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>420mm, 261g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926960[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3498464, member: 96864"]As others have stated that Sestertius is blessed with a nice portrait, congratulations! The nuances of the different varieties is well beyond me at this point but slowly I am sponging up knowledge and appreciate little lessons like these. Huh, I clearly remember scrolling right past that coin (the reverse), congrats on knowing what it was! I like browsing his wares and got this from the same seller, not a coin but potentially a score as well. Claimed to be a roman knife but it looked like a "Greek" Makhaira fighting knife/short sword to me, with the mostly straight back and convex wider and weightier working-end of the blade making it effective at hacking/chopping in close formation. Maybe it's just an Ottoman yatagan but the style doesn't seem to fit as well. 420mm, 261g [ATTACH=full]926960[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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