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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 2248968, member: 74222&quot;]I prefer the solidus of Nap’s over ValiantKnight’s.&nbsp; – The face of Justinian that seems like 3d is notable at first look, but then to me these bumps on Justinian’s face, that appear like he has some sort of herpes, put the grade down from my view. – I prefer the coin of Nap’s, perhaps because I am more comfortable with low-grade coins and perhaps as well because ValiantKnight’s solidus is unusual giving the 3d face.</p><p><br /></p><p>My solidus and tremissis are even at lower grades, but so I won them in the last seconds with a hammerprice considerable lower than the cheapest fixed prices one would find at stories:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]444619[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]444620[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then two follies:</p><p><br /></p><p>From Theupolis, should the patina supposed to be earth of Syria? The coin have to be struck during the earlier year as there is no regnal years onto it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]444621[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From Constantinople, minted during year 21, the legends are gone except “TINI” and “AVG”, but then the face is obvious. For whatever reason that coin is cleansed extremely:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]444622[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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