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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3191185, member: 41219"]I went to the Annapolis coin show today with my son. We have only been to the Baltimore Whitman show before. I met my first fellow CTer [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] who was kind enough to gift my son some beautiful proof nickels and a nice token from the Gettysburg show that we wanted to go to but weren't able. My son was really shy but on the ride home he couldn't stop talking about how shiny those nickels were! Thanks Paddy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well there was one ancient dealer there and he had some pretty cool pieces. All well out of my price range. He then pulled out an envelope that had a few of his "not as nice" specimens. I picked out these 2 coins mainly for the portraits. I thought they are pretty nice. I paid $35 for the 2 coins together and I'm honestly not sure if that is a good price or not. But again, I liked the portraits and these are the 2 biggest ancients I have in my collection <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Tell me what you think!</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius. Sestertius.</p><p>175-176 AD</p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARMATICVS, laureate head right</p><p>TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III SC, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae</p><p>[ATTACH=full]823877[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan, As</p><p>That is the most I have been able to ID on this one. I'm having a lot of trouble with it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]823878[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3191185, member: 41219"]I went to the Annapolis coin show today with my son. We have only been to the Baltimore Whitman show before. I met my first fellow CTer [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] who was kind enough to gift my son some beautiful proof nickels and a nice token from the Gettysburg show that we wanted to go to but weren't able. My son was really shy but on the ride home he couldn't stop talking about how shiny those nickels were! Thanks Paddy :) Well there was one ancient dealer there and he had some pretty cool pieces. All well out of my price range. He then pulled out an envelope that had a few of his "not as nice" specimens. I picked out these 2 coins mainly for the portraits. I thought they are pretty nice. I paid $35 for the 2 coins together and I'm honestly not sure if that is a good price or not. But again, I liked the portraits and these are the 2 biggest ancients I have in my collection :) Tell me what you think! Marcus Aurelius. Sestertius. 175-176 AD M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARMATICVS, laureate head right TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III SC, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae [ATTACH=full]823877[/ATTACH] Trajan, As That is the most I have been able to ID on this one. I'm having a lot of trouble with it. [ATTACH=full]823878[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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