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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2582592, member: 44132&quot;]I purchased three coins from Franks Bargain Bin sight unseen, and basing my selection solely on Frank&#039;s description and grade.&nbsp; Although all three arrived in the same envelope, one was snapped into two pieces.&nbsp; Of course, Frank refunded the cost of that coin and told me to keep the halves.&nbsp; Perhaps I should try gluing it together, but that&#039;s for another time.</p><p><br /></p><p>This may have been a much nicer coin, but the break seems to have also affected the patina (or maybe that&#039;s the way it was before the break).&nbsp; Frank had it graded as VF/F</p><p>[ATTACH=full]560870[/ATTACH] </p><p>JULIA DOMNA</p><p>Limes Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; VENERI VICTR, Venus standing right, naked to waist, leaning on column to left, holding palm and apple</p><p>Struck at Rome, 194 AD</p><p>2.8g, 17mm</p><p>RIC 536</p><p><br /></p><p>Number two seems about right for the grade which Frank gave, F+[ATTACH=full]560882[/ATTACH]</p><p>CARACALLA</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, draped bust right </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; IMPERII FELICITAS, Felicatas standing left, holding caduceus and child on left arm</p><p>Struck at Rome, 196-8 AD</p><p>3.2g, 16mm</p><p>RIC 9, RSC 95, BMC 199</p><p><br /></p><p>And the last I wanted because of Steve (little brother has an unusual fetish for animal coins).&nbsp; Frank&#039;s grade on this one was F+/F and is also about right.&nbsp; It&#039;s not pretty, but the humped bull is decent.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]560883[/ATTACH] </p><p>TRALLES, LYDIA CITY COINAGE</p><p>AE14</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Laureate head of Zeus </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; TΡAΛΛIANΩN, humped bull walking left, head facing, ΩΡΠΛT monogram in left field</p><p>Struck at&nbsp; Tralles 200-1 BC</p><p>3.1g, 16 mm</p><p>BMC 63; SNG Munich 702; SNG Tuebingen 3866-3867</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, I got what I paid for and am pleased overall.&nbsp; After all, they are bargain bin coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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