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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1213918, member: 26302"]Yeah, Byzantines are another animal. I am into them some, but you really have to change expectations. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There was a movie called Crazy People where one of the guys was wild about Saabs. When they all got cars he got his Saab. When it wouldn't start, he stated, "well its not supposed to start ALL of the time". Well, byzantines are not supposed to be pleasant ALL OF THE TIME. I have one poor bit of metal that was struck, overstruck, quartered and restruck, then overstruck again. I had to have a specialist help me figure out that miserable little mishmash of markings. Having said that, there are nice ones, I have an extremely nice anonymous set, and I probably would have bought the Carthage issue, as I have a soft spot for those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1213918, member: 26302"]Yeah, Byzantines are another animal. I am into them some, but you really have to change expectations. :) There was a movie called Crazy People where one of the guys was wild about Saabs. When they all got cars he got his Saab. When it wouldn't start, he stated, "well its not supposed to start ALL of the time". Well, byzantines are not supposed to be pleasant ALL OF THE TIME. I have one poor bit of metal that was struck, overstruck, quartered and restruck, then overstruck again. I had to have a specialist help me figure out that miserable little mishmash of markings. Having said that, there are nice ones, I have an extremely nice anonymous set, and I probably would have bought the Carthage issue, as I have a soft spot for those.[/QUOTE]
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