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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2544425, member: 51347&quot;]Cool coin, and TINY [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] ...&nbsp; I meant to say to you to have a great trip back to your Homeland!&nbsp; That will be fun.&nbsp; My wife and I are planning a trip there sometime soon too.&nbsp; I always get my &#039;Romeo y Julietta&#039; Cuban cigars in Hong Kong... there was always a great cigar shop right off of Nathan Road in Kowloon that had a great selection and fair prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to &#039;mystery coins&#039;, mine are from a quite mysterious people just north of Rome. The Etrurians.&nbsp; If you read any history of them, it is relatively spotty, and their origins seem rather unknown.&nbsp; Some say they were originally from Lydia, some say they were peoples migrating over the Alps into Italia.&nbsp; Eventully, they were absorbed into Rome.&nbsp; However, the first Roman Kings were Etrurian...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Mysterious Etrurians:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545740[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria Populonia 3rd C BCE AR <b>20 Asses</b> 8.1g Metus Blank HN 152 Obv-Rev.jpg</p><p>(similar to a Roman Didrachm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545743[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria Populonia 211-206 BCE AR <b>10 Asses </b>20mm 4.21g die brk Lr Male Hd L - Blank Obv-Rev.JPG</p><p>(similar to a Roman Denarius)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545744[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria Populonia <b>2-1/2 Asses</b> 3rd C BCE AR Radiate Fem Hd CII Blank EC 104 HN Italy 179&nbsp; <b>RARE 2 exist</b> (This one and the British Museum).&nbsp; Ex: E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</p><p>(similar to a Roman AR Sestertius)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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