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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 867195, member: 9204&quot;]Frank is right. Late Roman bronzes are ugly. Nobody should collect then. They lack an artistic essence that is only truly captured in the repetitious, modular portraiture of 13th and 14th century England. </p><p><br /></p><p>*sarcasm* <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Licinius%20I%20AE3%2C%20Siscia%2C%20319-320%20AD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Licinius I</p><p>AE 3 – 20mm, 3.1g</p><p>Siscia, 319-320 AD</p><p>IMP LIC-INIVS AVG</p><p>Laureate bust r., bit of drapery on lr. shoulder</p><p>VICT • LAETAE PRINC PERP</p><p>Victories inscribing shield with VOT PR on altar with “I”</p><p>ASIS * in ex</p><p>RIC VII 96 var.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;- Just kidding. I love medieval coins too. They&#039;re equally as artistic, but in entirely different ways. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Alexander_III.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Alexander III</p><p>Kingdom of Scotland</p><p>AR Penny, 1280-1286 AD</p><p>+ ΛLЄXΛNDЄR DЄI GRΛ</p><p>Crowned head l., scepter to l.</p><p>RЄX SCO TOR VM +</p><p>long cross; mullet of six points in each angle</p><p>Burns 44 (fig. 178); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean &amp; Hunterian) 216-9; SCBC&nbsp; 5054&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, decent looking medieval coins from interesting periods tend to be well out of the &quot;cheap&quot; price range. One may still find some okay coins in the $50-100 range though. Also, I&#039;ve noticed that those cruddy, low price hammered coins tend to bring higher prices than they should in the US. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>UGLY HAMMERED PENNY</b></p><p><b><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Elizabeth%20I%20penny.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b></b>Elizabeth I</p><p>AR Penny</p><p>London mint, 1560-1561 AD</p><p>Queen crowned facing left</p><p>E D G ROSA SINE SPINA</p><p>Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend, Martlet&nbsp; mintmark</p><p>CIVITAS LONDON</p><p>Spinks 2558[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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