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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8293155, member: 85693&quot;]Stobi was my very first Provincial - I didn&#039;t get another Provincial of any sort for about 20 years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It came <i>for free</i> from a dealer named Bill McDaniels who had the best ancients price list I ever found for budget collectors - great stuff, well-described (but no photos) at great prices.&nbsp; If he was out of what you ordered, he would often substitute something he thought you might like, and it was always just fine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t too keen on Roman Provincials for a long time because I thought them unattractive and far too difficult to figure out.&nbsp; Since then I have become an enthusiastic convert to the beauties of Provincials - they are still hard to figure out though!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466174[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 22 Diassarion</b></p><p><b>(c. 198-217 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Macedonia, Stobi</b></p><p>M AVREL ANTONVS <u>AV</u>, laureate head right / MVNI STOB, Nike advancing left carrying wreath and palm.</p><p>Moushmov 6553; AMNG 15v;Josifovski 421-422 (V42, R126); Varbanov (E) 3948</p><p>(8.20 grams / 22 mm)</p><p>McDaniels Sep. 1995&nbsp; Free</p><p><br /></p><p>Almost 24 years later I got my next Stobi, another Caracalla, same type but with different legends and Nike facing the other direction. Had to pay for this one, but not much: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466178[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 22 Diassarion</b></p><p><b>(c. 213-214 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Macedonia, Stobi</b></p><p>PIVS AVGV ANTONINVS laureate head right / MVNIC STOBE, Nike advancing right</p><p>carrying wreath and palm.</p><p>Josifovski 383 (V83, R95)</p><p>Varbanov -</p><p>Kuzmanovic Collection 784</p><p>(6.24 grams / 22 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2019&nbsp; $4.80</p><p><br /></p><p>Talk about a slow approach to building a collection![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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