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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4439706, member: 84744&quot;]Oh!&nbsp; In that case I can happily report some successes too, plus one that got away.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110188[/ATTACH] </p><p>Commodus, Marcianopolis, 25mm 7.57g.&nbsp; I have a Three Graces type of Gordian III, and I think of this as an upgrade to that coin.&nbsp; (It&#039;s darker and more pleasant in hand.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110192[/ATTACH] </p><p>Most here won&#039;t get too excited by this coin, but I was pleased to get it at a good price.&nbsp; It&#039;s a scarce Tahirid revolt coin (issued AH 206 = 821-22).&nbsp; It cites Tahir I ibn al-Husayn as &quot;Dhu&#039;l-Yaminayn&quot; which means &quot;possessor of two right hands.&quot;&nbsp; What this is supposed to mean I&#039;m not entirely sure!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110206[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is a Zengid fals of al-Malik al-Salih Isma&#039;il issued c. 1173-1181.&nbsp; I find it amazing that 4th-5th century Roman bronzes were used as a model for coinage nearly eight centuries later!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the one that got away:</p><p><img src="https://leunumismatik.com/source/images/auction/20/01563q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/20/1563" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/20/1563" rel="nofollow">https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/20/1563</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not listed as such, but I&#039;m pretty sure it&#039;s a 68/1b, with the &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-bastianelli-spike-or-why-this-corn-ear-denarius-is-really-special.355002/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-bastianelli-spike-or-why-this-corn-ear-denarius-is-really-special.355002/">Bastianelli spike</a>&quot; recently described by [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER].&nbsp; Moreover it has the second cape, on the front Dioscurus - according to [USER=89970]@Fugio1[/USER] this is <a href="https://www.stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/#H68-1b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/#H68-1b" rel="nofollow">only found on a few specimens</a> of 68/1b.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was the underbidder.&nbsp; I wonder if red_spork or Fugio1 picked it up!&nbsp; (Actually I felt a bit guilty not giving them a heads-up about it... but I elected to have a go at it myself &amp; try to get it cheap. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall I wouldn&#039;t say I found the prices all that low.&nbsp; (Maybe by the standards of the usual Leu auction.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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