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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2781639, member: 10461&quot;]It just dawned on me that I did not have this coin in my album of gold from the hat.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was the very <i>centerpiece</i> of the &quot;Holey Gold Hat&quot; collection, in fact.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). AV Solidus. Thessalonica, A.D. 476 or later.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Pedigreed to the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg" rel="nofollow">Louis E. Eliasberg</a> Collection.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">RIC 941. Metcalf 223. Choice VF. 4.27 grams, 20.40 mm. Obv Helmeted, cuirassed bust three-quarters facing of Zeno, holding spear and decorated shield. Rev Victory standing l., holding long cross, two stars in field. A scarcer issue. Scratched in right obverse field and holed, otherwise Choice VF. </font></font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2023-2-15_20-12-18-png.1540526/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(This must have been a &quot;junkbox&quot; item for the likes of Eliasberg. Haha.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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