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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3127068, member: 85693"]Great thread - I am especially impressed by the countermarks...here are 2 Tiberius-era countermarks I recently obtained:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797082[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797083[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In other ugly news, just this week I got a batch of five ancients from eBay for $0.99 (plus shipping). They are all pretty poor, with two of them being unidentifiable (the top 2 in the photo). The other three were types new to my collection and I am very pleased with them (the price goes a long way towards my pleasure - over-paying ruins it for me, for some reason). I spent hours tracking these down and had a blast, despite the ugliness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Original seller's photo:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797077[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Saloninus (son of Gallienus) antoninianus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797078[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Herod Agrippa prutah (despite the chip, not much lost, really):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797079[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Viminacium sestertius (?) of Volusian:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797080[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3127068, member: 85693"]Great thread - I am especially impressed by the countermarks...here are 2 Tiberius-era countermarks I recently obtained: [ATTACH=full]797082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]797083[/ATTACH] In other ugly news, just this week I got a batch of five ancients from eBay for $0.99 (plus shipping). They are all pretty poor, with two of them being unidentifiable (the top 2 in the photo). The other three were types new to my collection and I am very pleased with them (the price goes a long way towards my pleasure - over-paying ruins it for me, for some reason). I spent hours tracking these down and had a blast, despite the ugliness. Original seller's photo: [ATTACH=full]797077[/ATTACH] Saloninus (son of Gallienus) antoninianus: [ATTACH=full]797078[/ATTACH] Herod Agrippa prutah (despite the chip, not much lost, really): [ATTACH=full]797079[/ATTACH] Viminacium sestertius (?) of Volusian: [ATTACH=full]797080[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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