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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 20316742, member: 10461&quot;]One I used to own.</p><p><br /></p><p><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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg" rel="nofollow">Louis E. Eliasberg</a> 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">[ATTACH=full]1540526[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>(Must have been a &quot;junkbox&quot; item for the likes of Eliasberg. Haha.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That one was the centerpiece of my old <b>Holey Gold Hat</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/003-hgh-jpg.1271786/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one I still own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought it from CNG, described as a gVF with a slightly wavy flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Submitted it to NGC- Minor bad news, they slapped a &quot;wrinkled&quot; notation on the label.&nbsp; Surprising good news, they graded it Mint State, to my happy astonishment.&nbsp; The &quot;wrinkled&quot; notation is not such a big deal in the scheme of things, I suppose.&nbsp; They still gave the coin a 4/5 surface rating.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/9TugJljWRhiezm3LDs9h_Justinian-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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