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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3533141, member: 10461&quot;]In that, you and I are in complete agreement.&nbsp; Considering that most (probably 99+%) of the ancient coins in the marketplace today spent centuries- if not <i>millennia</i>- buried in the ground before reaching us, one does have to be a bit forgiving of surface issues, and yet I still find myself picky about that.&nbsp; So a bronze with nice surfaces really appeals to me, for obvious reasons.&nbsp; I scrolled through hundreds of them before picking that one. </p><p><br /></p><p>The nice surfaces were definitely the selling point on this recently purchased <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/F4QRcz45Tt6qFxQrX001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/F4QRcz45Tt6qFxQrX001" rel="nofollow">Antoninus Pius sestertius</a>.&nbsp; It is something of a &quot;consolation coin&quot; for me, since I do suffer quite a bit of seller&#039;s remorse over a stunning, museum-pedigreed <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/e9aiUbuSfo1cCiiRXDPK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/e9aiUbuSfo1cCiiRXDPK" rel="nofollow">Hadrian sestertius</a> I sold a few years back.&nbsp; (The Antoninus Pius here cost but a fraction of the price of the Hadrian.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, yes, I can see you &quot;get it&quot;, and I totally agree.&nbsp; The optimistic, idealistic design on that <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/kGk0nXn2uIysPwzhLEOV" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/kGk0nXn2uIysPwzhLEOV" rel="nofollow">rouble</a> is indeed a bit at odds with the historical reality which followed, but I like that about it.&nbsp; In many ways, it&#039;s like a throwback to the Romans&#039; use of coins as propaganda, and that is always interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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