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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3143522, member: 80783&quot;]I wish I had bid a little less conservative for it...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah! I personally saw Pattie Smith smash her Guitar to it :-D</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that is one bad ass Niger you have there!</p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess the reason of the plentitude of young Gordian´s coins today is the fact that they were horded. </p><p>People must have realized the decline in money quality once Philippus Arabs came into power. The Denarius disappeared from circulation within a couple of years because people refused to exchange it for Philipp´s impure Antoniniani and kept the silver coins. People must also have noticed the higher silver content of Gordian´s Antoniniani and the fact that the weight of the Sestertius dropped after Gordian, not to mention the decline in quality control.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually like it so much that I even got a full Sear certificate for it which I reserve for the coins that I will never part with. This is the cheapest coin in that club so far.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Majestic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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