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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4567805, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). AV Solidus. Thessalonica, A.D. 476 or later.</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Pedigreed to the famous Louis E. Eliasberg Collection.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><i>RIC 941. Metcalf 223. Choice VF. 4.27 grams, 20.40 mm. Obv Helmeted, cuirassed bust three-quarters facing of Zeno, holding spear and decorated shield. Rev Victory standing l., holding long cross, two stars in field. A scarcer issue. Scratched in right obverse field and holed, otherwise Choice VF.</i></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Old%202007-2008%20Roman%20collection/RS130-Zeno.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">That one used to be the centerpiece of my old trademark &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Gold Hat</a>&quot;.&nbsp; If you look closely, you can see it on there.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forumancientcoins.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F18727%2F003-HGH.JPG&amp;hash=63d80a431128760b8fa5175cc8eca492" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forumancientcoins.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F18727%2F002-Holey_Coin_Vest_II.jpg&amp;hash=228ff24f53559377e7564e1b73864236" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Dr. Jacob Terner Collection</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Z8mdVrRjSaGGJRHr95kq_1901-Terner%20HS-800x500-label.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Dimitri Gotzamanis, Athens, Greece (aka &quot;SYRACUSIAN&quot; on Collectors Universe), January, 2005, through a private trade. Prior provenance to the collection of Dr. Jacob Terner, purchased by him in 1982 and sold by Goldberg&#039;s as Lot 406 in the Pre-Long Beach Auction of May 26-27, 2003.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">As I&#039;ve had this coin since early 2005, it is the longest-held piece in my collection (not counting two childhood keepsakes and my metal detector finds album).&nbsp; It survived the major purges I made in 2013 and 2019.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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