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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 24866256, member: 135271&quot;]The first &quot;real&quot; collection coin I ever bought, that I can remember, was an 1889 Indian Head cent. I still have it in my collection. I was probably 9 or 10 years old at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first ancient was just a few years ago. I guess I jumped off the deep end with this &quot;Tribute Penny&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595213[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><i>TIBERIUS, AD 14-37</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Denarius (18.61mm, 3.72g, 12h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 16-21. Lugdunum mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: PONTIF MAXIM, female figure seated right, holding vertical scepter and branch, on chair with plain legs above double line</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: OCRE I 26, RCV 1763</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Old cabinet toning. Some corrosion pits on reverse. Fine portrait of Tiberius.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>From the A.K. Collection.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p><p>Incidentally, this coin was published in the January 2008 issue of <i>Money Trend</i>, a German numismatic periodical. It is the second coin (Abb. 2) illustrated on the right:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595214[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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