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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3298550, member: 74834&quot;]When I started collecting, I wanted Great Migration coins, being very much interested in the Dark Ages and the King Arthur sagas (as my CoinTalk name shows). The ones I bought turned out to be ugly, puny little coins. With this one I didn&#039;t realize it was so small until I opened the parcel. It put me off collecting since. I have five or six Migration coins still (but none of King Pellinore or his Questing Beast).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]873358[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Vandals, king Gunthamund (484-496). AE nummus, Carthage. Obv: Pseudo-legend, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gunthamund right. Rev: cross within wreath. 10 mm, 0.79 gr.</p><p>I bought it for a lot of money, also because of the fantastic Wagnerian name of the king.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it happens the other way round, too. Early in my coin-collecting career I was interested in Central Asian islamic coins, and I had some copper fulus of about 1000 AD. Then I saw this one, a bronze &#039;broad dirham&#039;, so, thinking it was maybe a bit larger than the usual 25 mm silver dirhams, I bought it (for 10 dollars). When it came in it turned to be a whopping 38 mm, as large as a silver dollar, but very thin: 4 grams only. And I think it&#039;s beautiful, softly gleaming black and red with its intricate calligraphy...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]873359[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE dirham Qarakhanids, &#039;Imad al-Din Ulugh Akdash Chaghri, Benakath 602 AH = 1206 AD. 38 mm. Album 3425 (&#039;RR&#039;). Kochnev 1144.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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