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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3220583, member: 19463"]I believe I read the mintmark as BSIRM or Sirmium mint, second workshop. The price was close to correct and could start you on the path to even more fun. </p><p>More on the type than you probably want to know:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The one below was $15 when I bought it. The question for you to answer is whether you prefer to have a handful of lesser coins or one nicer one for the same cost. The coin below is only an average specimen and a really perfect one would cost even more - much more. I hope you will keep this first coin so in fifty years you can show it to someone 14 years old and tell them how you got into the hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]838358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3220583, member: 19463"]I believe I read the mintmark as BSIRM or Sirmium mint, second workshop. The price was close to correct and could start you on the path to even more fun. More on the type than you probably want to know: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html[/url] The one below was $15 when I bought it. The question for you to answer is whether you prefer to have a handful of lesser coins or one nicer one for the same cost. The coin below is only an average specimen and a really perfect one would cost even more - much more. I hope you will keep this first coin so in fifty years you can show it to someone 14 years old and tell them how you got into the hobby. [ATTACH=full]838358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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