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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2365782, member: 19463&quot;]My coin is holey-er than yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Divus Augustus as by Nerva</p><p>[ATTACH=full]483154[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some holes are more interesting than others.&nbsp; Holes made in antiquity outrank ones made for 20th century jewelry.&nbsp; This one removed a countermark of a boy&#039;s head commonly found on this type. </p><p>&nbsp;Septimius Severus/Julia Domna AE35 Stratonicea</p><p>[ATTACH=full]483155[/ATTACH] </p><p>with the c/m</p><p>[ATTACH=full]483170[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This Augustus still has part of the iron nail that once held it to some piece of wood.&nbsp; The hole and nail do not bother me but I really, really wish the guy with the hammer had hit it just a little more gently rather than smashing the portrait so extremely.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]483164[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think any of you could understand how very much I would like to find a few (7?) antoniniani of Postumus each with four holes whether or not they were still in the form of this bracelet shown in my c.1858 photo.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinster.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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