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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5175910, member: 110504"][USER=74799]@Quant.Geek[/USER], <i>Here</i> is what I'm <i>Talking</i> about. As much of an ongoing challenge as it is to find scyphate trachys with (...well, Any) legends, it's no less true of tetarterons and half tetarterons. Those two are Absolute Stunners. And, Dang, Both Isaak II!!! You're just That good.</p><p>(...The following is very self-indulgent: You Were Warned. Before I ever got serious about finding decent trachys, (orthography alert: ) Comnenus-Dukas (11th -12th c. ...and into the Frankish Occupation), I went through a fun phase of collecting the fractional folles, which, a little surprisingly, were continued at least up to Isaak II. On ebay, it still felt as if you were getting in at close to the ground floor. Found some sweet ones, The problem, from here, is once again reducible to finding the (expletive of choice) .jpgs, hiding from me, at several years' remove, in wierd places on the computer. ...Maybe I should just go back to finding out whether my bottom-shelf camera still works. To resort to Voltaire, 'tend your own garden [first].')[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5175910, member: 110504"][USER=74799]@Quant.Geek[/USER], [I]Here[/I] is what I'm [I]Talking[/I] about. As much of an ongoing challenge as it is to find scyphate trachys with (...well, Any) legends, it's no less true of tetarterons and half tetarterons. Those two are Absolute Stunners. And, Dang, Both Isaak II!!! You're just That good. (...The following is very self-indulgent: You Were Warned. Before I ever got serious about finding decent trachys, (orthography alert: ) Comnenus-Dukas (11th -12th c. ...and into the Frankish Occupation), I went through a fun phase of collecting the fractional folles, which, a little surprisingly, were continued at least up to Isaak II. On ebay, it still felt as if you were getting in at close to the ground floor. Found some sweet ones, The problem, from here, is once again reducible to finding the (expletive of choice) .jpgs, hiding from me, at several years' remove, in wierd places on the computer. ...Maybe I should just go back to finding out whether my bottom-shelf camera still works. To resort to Voltaire, 'tend your own garden [first].')[/QUOTE]
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