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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Johndakerftw, post: 7832896, member: 76543&quot;]Hi Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Weekend!</p><p><br /></p><p>I got my first fun package at my new apartment and, by, was it a good one!&nbsp; It was the AMCC3 wins for my brother and I plus a few extra goodies.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My brother is up first.&nbsp; He hasn&#039;t bought any coins in about three years.&nbsp; He bounces from hobby to hobby with video games being his favourite fall back hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>I strongly encouraged him to participate in AMCC3 because it could be a long time before we get another one.&nbsp; He did and won all the coins he bid on: a tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great, a Cistiphoric tetradrachm from Mysia and an obol from Pisidia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1346154[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1346156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346163[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346158[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for the lousy group shots - yikes!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now onto my win.&nbsp; Most people know I collect Judaean/Biblical coins.&nbsp; One of the essentials to this collection is the Tribute Penny.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot of debate about what that coin actually was, but, this particular coin is most often labelled as it.&nbsp; This one is a fouree and it fits nicely with my AE Shekel of Tyre.&nbsp; Getting the legit silver coins is on my dream list wayyyyy down the road, but, I&#039;m more content with what I have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was completely blown away by what else I found in the package.&nbsp; A very generous gifter gave me a Theodora follis - wow!&nbsp; [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] also gifted me a few Byzantine coins - an Alexius Angelus-Comnenus trachy, a John II half tetarteon and an overstruck Michael II follis with Nicephorus on top.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1346155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346162[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346160[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Pictures of the Tribute Penny and Theoroda follis to follow)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am truly overwhelmed!&nbsp; Wow!&nbsp; I can&#039;t thank you all enough!</p><p><br /></p><p>My brother and I collected coins from the [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER], JB and [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] collections.&nbsp; I think we made out pretty well.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks especially to Severus Alexander and the anonymous donor.&nbsp; I very much appreciate your generosity!</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction was fun.&nbsp; We should do it again sometime.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Take care and stay safe, friends!</p><p><br /></p><p>Erin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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