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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7964223, member: 19463"]Most PeteB coins are exceptional. I have acquired several since we met over 30 years ago. Unfortunately my coins were not from him. The first has been with me since 1992.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380844[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a fourree that came in a large lot from Triton XX. I did not buy it on purpose but the lot contained some 'had to have' Severans. I consider the style of the Aurelius portrait better than that on the solid coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380845[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also as Caesar is this denarius (my first coin of Aurelius - pre 1987 when I cataloged my collection up to that time). It came from a brick and morter store in Washington D.C.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380846[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Caesar sestertius is, unfortunately, the same type and date.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380847[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Caesar drachm of Alexandria has a younger portrait from 5 years earlier.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380851[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7964223, member: 19463"]Most PeteB coins are exceptional. I have acquired several since we met over 30 years ago. Unfortunately my coins were not from him. The first has been with me since 1992. [ATTACH=full]1380844[/ATTACH] The second is a fourree that came in a large lot from Triton XX. I did not buy it on purpose but the lot contained some 'had to have' Severans. I consider the style of the Aurelius portrait better than that on the solid coin. [ATTACH=full]1380845[/ATTACH] Also as Caesar is this denarius (my first coin of Aurelius - pre 1987 when I cataloged my collection up to that time). It came from a brick and morter store in Washington D.C. [ATTACH=full]1380846[/ATTACH] My Caesar sestertius is, unfortunately, the same type and date. [ATTACH=full]1380847[/ATTACH] The Caesar drachm of Alexandria has a younger portrait from 5 years earlier. [ATTACH=full]1380851[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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