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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2940144, member: 85693&quot;]Nice snacks, fellas.&nbsp; I think my whole collection is made up of &quot;snacks.&quot;&nbsp; Here are a couple of things I picked up, sometimes by accident, in eBay lots.&nbsp; Things outside my usual interests, but that I found surprisingly compelling:</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned a lot about the Gallic Empire this year, and Aureolus, a guy I&#039;d never heard of:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715870[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715871[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Gallic Empire - Aureolus</b></p><p><b>(usurper struck for Postumus) </b></p><p><b>(267 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Milan Mint - Antoninianus</b></p><p>IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated left holding patera and standard; P in exergue.&nbsp; RIC 377, Cohen 59; Sear 10938. (1.91 grams / 18 mm)&nbsp; eBay Nov. 2017&nbsp; Lot @ $2.10</p><p><br /></p><p>My ignorance of medieval coinage is vast.&nbsp; I had a hard time attributing this little French obol, but it was an enjoyable search.&nbsp; It was from the same batch as the Aureolus above.&nbsp; Mine seems to have a blundered legend (RVX for REX):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715875[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>France - Obol Tournois</b></p><p><b>King Philip IV the Fair</b></p><p><b>(c. 1290-1295 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Tours Mint</b></p><p>+ PhILIPPVS R(V)X, cross pattée / TVRONVS CIVIS, Châtel Tournois surmounted</p><p>by a cross.&nbsp; Duplessy 226 - C.227 - L.231 (0.40 grams / 15 mm).&nbsp; eBay Nov. 2017&nbsp; Lot @ $2.10</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, here is one that has started the process of attracting me to Late Roman Bronze, an area I&#039;ve never found especially appealing.&nbsp; A lot of interesting posts here on Coin Talk have also dismantled my prejudices - there is some dazzling stuff out there.&nbsp; This one came by accident in a batch of sestertii - it wound up being about my second favorite from the lot, rather to my surprise (I only had a clear photo of the obverse): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]715874[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus II&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>(311-313 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint</b></p><p>IMP CGALVAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG, laureate head right w. parallel wreath ties, round ends / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing left, modius on</p><p>head, with patera &amp; cornucopia crescent / K / A / P /ALE ex.</p><p>RIC Alexandria 139b. (7.71 g)</p><p>eBay Oct. 2017&nbsp; Lot @ $12.50[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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