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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aethelred, post: 2639911, member: 81808&quot;]This week has been a great one for ancients. On Wednesday I received two coins in the mail and won a portrait Denarius of Mark Antony on CNG. Then today I bought a small collection of ancients at the shop and got another coin in the mail. That last coin, the one that came in the mail today is going to be the subject of this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>On 27 Jan. I ordered a Silver Denarius of Sabina, the wife of Hadrian from Vcoins dealer and CoinTalk member Ken Dorney. I want to state at the outset the Ken has not asked me to post this, I am not receiving anything for posting this and I have no interest or stake of any kind in his business nor he in mine. I am posting what I am posting here only for informational purposes and for love of the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>As stated above I ordered the coin on 27 Jan. 2017 and the coin was shipped the same day, I was also provided with a tracking number and Vcoins was updated to show that the coin had shipped. It arrived today at my PO Box and was professionally packaged in a manner that ensured the coin would be protected.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the sellers photo and description:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/52/5/5/5q9ZnNf368Hjy2HK5S9iM4oW7yDaZY.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><i>Sabina, 134 - 136 AD</i></p><p><i>Silver Denarius, Rome Mint, 18mm, 3.24 grams</i></p><p><i>Obverse: SABINA AVGVSTA, Diademed and draped bust of Sabina right.</i></p><p><i>Reverse: VENVS GENETRICI, Venus standing right drawing fold of drapery from shoulder and holding apple.</i></p><p><i>RIC396</i></p><p><i>Old collection toning, the type of which comes after a couple of hundred years.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The coin is accurately described (with the exception a misspelling of the reverse legend which is actually VERERI GENETRICI). Dorney describes the toning as &quot;old collection toning&quot; and I agree, it is not the kind of toning that develops except with the passage of many years. In my opinion, while the photo is an accurate depiction of what the coin looks like, it looks much nicer in person and the photo fails to do it full justice.</p><p><br /></p><p>To summarize:</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was well packaged and promptly shipped</p><p>It was accurately described</p><p>The price represented a good value for the money spent</p><p>I would buy from this dealer again without reservation[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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