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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4103850, member: 85693&quot;]Gosh I do love junk!&nbsp; Just got this in from eBay, an undescribed lot.&nbsp; I need help with the Roman Provincial, but I thought I&#039;d throw in the whole shebang in case anybody wants to see how the bottom feeders live.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the lot:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066375[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Claudius II Gothicus antoninianus that has suffered a massive doublestrike - radiate crown all over the place, some doubling of the legend.&nbsp; Another oddity about this - it is a <i>monster</i> - weighing just over 4 grams (heavier than everything on OCRE for this - RIC 18 - 2.63 grams is the average):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066377[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Papal States, Pope Gregory XIII Quattrino - I had to work to figure this one out - not sure I got it, but I think I&#039;m close.&nbsp; These seem to be a bit scarce - European auction houses find them worth listing separately.&nbsp; Believe it or not, this is one of the better ones I found - a very crude, tiny issue.&nbsp; That&#039;s a dragon on the reverse (from the Pope&#039;s heraldry, I think):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066378[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Papal States&nbsp;&nbsp; Billon Quattrino</b></p><p><b>Pope Gregory XIII <b>(1572-1585)</b> </b></p><p><b>Ancône Mint</b></p><p>GRE(G) • X III•P•M• around arms / ANC•S - PETRVS• St. Peter standing holding keys</p><p>PC.1232 (var.?) Note:&nbsp; several types/mints for this issue. </p><p>(0.53 grams / 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine, Constans II from the Syracuse mint - I posted this separately in an effort to confirm my attribution (SB 1107, maybe).&nbsp; It is nice and green, but otherwise not nice at all:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t figure this one out.&nbsp; Roman Provincial, Dionysius standing with thyrsus over altar (<i>not</i> a panther).&nbsp; Severus Alexander or one of the other kid-emperors?&nbsp; There are a lot of this reverse type from all over Asia Minor, the Balkans, etc.&nbsp; I&#039;ve ransacked RPC online without getting an exact hit.&nbsp; Can anybody set me in the right direction?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066379[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The others are a Honorius AE from Constantinople, and a Tetricus I with Pax reverse (or a Barbaric imitation along those lines - the flan is tiny). </p><p><br /></p><p>Share your lots, your cheapies, your plug-uglies, your mysteries, your bottom-feeding proclivities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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