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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4701222, member: 15481"]I’m glad someone finally dared to speak about their Vetranio experience.</p><p>I had almost surpressed mine, although it wasn’t very traumatic at all: I just went into Numisma coin shop in Oslo, looked at the coins and thought «there’s one I don’t have», and bought it for 80$.</p><p>This was early in my coin collecting career, so I had no awareness of what I was buying at all. Just knew it was Vetranio.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154723[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Just like the bidders on Dougs auction, I went for a good portrait, while letters and reverse are pretty shabby. I have identified it as RCV 18903, Siscia mint. It looks a lot like the one [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] posted, but I’m not able to make out the mintmark well enough to see if it’s ESIS or GSIS or whatever.</p><p>So, while Dougs Vetranio experience is one of planning, awareness and learning, mine is probably the exact opposite... But good to get a reminder that it might be an idea to try to get some of the crud off the reverse legend, and get some brighter pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats to Doug with the new coin![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4701222, member: 15481"]I’m glad someone finally dared to speak about their Vetranio experience. I had almost surpressed mine, although it wasn’t very traumatic at all: I just went into Numisma coin shop in Oslo, looked at the coins and thought «there’s one I don’t have», and bought it for 80$. This was early in my coin collecting career, so I had no awareness of what I was buying at all. Just knew it was Vetranio. [ATTACH=full]1154723[/ATTACH] Just like the bidders on Dougs auction, I went for a good portrait, while letters and reverse are pretty shabby. I have identified it as RCV 18903, Siscia mint. It looks a lot like the one [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] posted, but I’m not able to make out the mintmark well enough to see if it’s ESIS or GSIS or whatever. So, while Dougs Vetranio experience is one of planning, awareness and learning, mine is probably the exact opposite... But good to get a reminder that it might be an idea to try to get some of the crud off the reverse legend, and get some brighter pics. Congrats to Doug with the new coin![/QUOTE]
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