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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-monolith-, post: 25915524, member: 150064&quot;]<p style="text-align: center">It&#039;s that time of year; fresh snow on the ground, Christmas tree decorated just-so, and everyone&#039;s list of this years best coins. However, I decided to play Grinch and show my worst purchases of the year:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 01</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Mysia, Pergamon - At only 5 GBP not a bad purchase but something about it just &quot;bugs&quot; me. I only acquired it as a &quot;budget&quot; coin to help offset shipping cost and to included it in my countermark sub-collection.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650165[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 02</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Pontos, Amisos (Time of Mithradates VI Eupator) - A bit too worn for me, the only reason I purchased it is because it&#039;s an error coin missing the Σ from AMI-(Σ)OY.</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650169[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 03</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ptolemy III Euergetes - I don&#039;t know why I purchased this coin as it has too much porosity for my taste. Perhaps a little renaissance wax will change my mind. </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650172[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 04</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator - Too much wear and green &quot;stuff&quot;. This was another &quot;budget&quot; coin for only 5 euros.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650176[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 05</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Constantine I - What can I say I&#039;m just not a LRC collector. It&#039;s a respectable specimen but just not my cup of wine. </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650177[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 06</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Troas, Birytis - Nice strike but just too many deposits on the obverse.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650184[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 07</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Syria, Antioch - Trajan - Sometimes you buy the ugly coin because that&#039;s all there is available (we&#039;ve all been there). This is the second known specimen of this coin type.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650186[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 08</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Cilicia, Olba - Augustus - This falls under, I don&#039;t know why I purchased this coin. I guess I like shiny little objects.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650187[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 09</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Pamphylia, Perge - Marcus Aurelius - This falls under &quot;but there&#039;s only two known specimen&#039;s and this is the best one&quot; category. </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650188[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Number 10</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Trajan AE As - I filed this one under &quot;I know it&#039;s ugly, but it has a countermark&quot;.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1650189[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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