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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2232253, member: 44132"]As I told some of you, thanks to Chrismat locating a local coin shop for me, I was able to while in Krakow, Poland last week. The shop carried only a few lower grade Romans and even fewer, but nicer, Greek coins. I still took the time to peruse through the holdings since the exchange rate was really in my favor. So, having taken up so much of the shop keepers time, I had to buy a coin, didn't I? Actually, I purchased two coins. One Greek and one Roman. This is my new Roman Dupondius. It ain't purdy, but I liked the reverse and with the exchange rate was able to buy it for around $25. Not great, but not bad either.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]439005[/ATTACH] </p><p>DOMITIAN</p><p>AE Dupondius</p><p>OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, radiate head right</p><p>REVERSE: S-C, Mars advancing left, holding Victory & trophy</p><p>Struck at Rome, 86 AD</p><p>11.6g, 27mm</p><p>RIC 482</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to add your Domitian coins (or any coin for that matter).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2232253, member: 44132"]As I told some of you, thanks to Chrismat locating a local coin shop for me, I was able to while in Krakow, Poland last week. The shop carried only a few lower grade Romans and even fewer, but nicer, Greek coins. I still took the time to peruse through the holdings since the exchange rate was really in my favor. So, having taken up so much of the shop keepers time, I had to buy a coin, didn't I? Actually, I purchased two coins. One Greek and one Roman. This is my new Roman Dupondius. It ain't purdy, but I liked the reverse and with the exchange rate was able to buy it for around $25. Not great, but not bad either. [ATTACH=full]439005[/ATTACH] DOMITIAN AE Dupondius OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, radiate head right REVERSE: S-C, Mars advancing left, holding Victory & trophy Struck at Rome, 86 AD 11.6g, 27mm RIC 482 Feel free to add your Domitian coins (or any coin for that matter).[/QUOTE]
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