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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3196706, member: 85693&quot;]My local coin dealer has gotten a bit behind in his inventory, so he has been tossing coins in various drawers priced $12 to $0.50.&nbsp; A couple days ago I spent a pleasant hour or so going through them.&nbsp; I found three ancients, one of which was actually pretty good for a &quot;junk&quot; lot, I thought (Rhegium, Bruttium pentonikion).&nbsp; The Phocas is pretty rough, but I always liked his XXXX folli, so for $2, what the heck.&nbsp; The Constantine (?) AE was only $0.50, but probably not worth it.&nbsp; Paid $31 for the lot - random stuff that caught my eye. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your junk pile finds - as a bottom-feeder, I really like looking at this kind of material.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826449[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]826451[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rhegium, Bruttium&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Æ 25 Pentonkion</b></p><p><b>(c. 215-150 B.C.)</b></p><p>Janiform female head / Asklepios seated left by tripod holding sceptre; PHΓINΩN to</p><p>right [Π above tripod to left, serpent in exergue].</p><p>SNG ANS 745; HN Italy 2551.</p><p>(10.05 grams / 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]826450[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire - Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Phocas </b></p><p><b>Year ? (602-610 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Constantinople Mint</b></p><p>DM FOCAE PP AVG, bust facing holding mappa &amp; cross / Large XXXX, ANNO above, [regnal year?] right; mintmark [C]ON and Officina B below.</p><p>SB 640; MIB 61-62.</p><p>(28 mm / 11.31 grams)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not ancient, but my first Ceylon &quot;elephant dump&quot; (to be vulgar about it!).&nbsp; It is a first year (1801) heavy issue.&nbsp; An old collector&#039;s tag is still glued to it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]826454[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ceylon&nbsp; 1801 </b></p><p><b>1/24 Rix Dollar dump</b></p><p><b>Colombo Mint</b></p><p>Elephant standing left, 1801 below. / 24 (to Rix Dollar) within circles and inscription CEYLO[N.GOVERNMENT] KM 64;&nbsp; Cr 23.</p><p>(24.77 grams / 22 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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