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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2939912, member: 83845&quot;]…coin snacks that is.&nbsp; Well, I suppose delicious food stuffs are always welcome in my threads as well but that’s beside the point <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>How many of you hit a slow-down in coin purchases and decide it’s time to go bargain bin diving for neat coins that you didn’t even know you wanted?&nbsp; Sometimes I just need a new coin to look at and study to hold me over till another, more carefully planned, purchase.&nbsp; I call this snacking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; While taking stock of my 2017 purchases and deciding on my favorites it struck me how many coins I acquired on a whim like this that won’t make any of my top lists and have yet to even be properly photographed (much less shared with my CT friends! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; I thought I would start a thread to fix that while seeing what you all manage to snag when you get a little hungry and decide to go bottom feeding <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715745[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Philip I, AD 244-249</font></p><p><font size="3">AE30, Viminacium mint, MOESIA SUPERIOR</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 30 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 17.4 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPVS AVG</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: PMS COL VIM</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Martin 2.10.1, Varbanov 132</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of my most satisfying snacks this year.&nbsp; It’s a big hefty bronze coin from Viminacium in modern day Serbia with some nice coloration. This one was part of a recent group lot purchase that I got for under $11 delivered (per coin).&nbsp; Below is a photo from Wikipedia that shows the remains of the Roman public bathroom at Viminacium complete with a painting showing how you use it… you know, in case you forgot how that sort of thing is done and needed a visual <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715750[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is another recent snack from the same lot.&nbsp; I thought this was a rather sharp coin for the price!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715748[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Canstantius II (AD 337-361)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE16, Siscia mint</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: CONSTANTIVS P F AVG</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VIII 182</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I will post more of my snacks to this thread as I go through and get more of them photographed. In the meantime <font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">PLEASE POST YOUR SNACKS!!!</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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