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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsman, post: 3373494, member: 99177&quot;]Maybe it&#039;s strange, but I simply love ancient coins with a hole in it. I guess it adds something to my imagination about the history of the coin.</p><p>I have a few holed coins, only one with a picture though.....</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case I guess the coin was holed to remember the secular games. Someone in ancient Rome must have had a jolly good time, got drunk and thought it was a good idea to nail a coin to the wall as a reminder of the party (or something like that.....). </p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see the hole is put on a place where it doesn&#039;t damage the portrait of the emperor or the lyre and flute players. Maybe he wasn&#039;t drunk.....</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a very nice article about holed coins on</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/holed_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/holed_coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/holed_coins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For me the extra fun is that these holed coins cost less than other examples <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am of course interested in other holed coins and the story behind the hole <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894849[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian, as</p><p>RIC 623</p><p>Mint in Rome, 88 AD</p><p>11,51 g, 30 mm</p><p>Obv. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII CENS PER P P / laureate head of Domitian right.</p><p>Rev. COS XIIII - LVD SEC FEC SC / Domitian standing left, sacrificing over altar; to left, lyre and flute players standing right; temple in background.</p><p>Issued for the Secular Games[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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