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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8259632, member: 134416&quot;]I started on my journey to be somewhat more disciplined about pursuing attractive coins. (Although I buy coins solely for my own enjoyment, not for any future resale)</p><p><br /></p><p>Two fresh buys:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456547[/ATTACH]</p><p>It&#039;s my first buy from the firm of Dr. Busso Peus Nach.&nbsp; Shipping was a teensy bit expensive, but I can&#039;t gripe about the total price, which I found to be pretty reasonable. RIC 81.&nbsp; This one was purchased mainly for the patina.&nbsp; Patina is one of my collecting interests.&nbsp; It will be interesting to see if it&#039;s sea green or blue green.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And before I wheel away from my Byzantine kick and&nbsp; return to the Roman series I snagged a Heraclius S805 which is quite nice for the type.&nbsp; Finding one with facial features and legends is pretty difficult.&nbsp; There&#039;s one out there with XF detail, but the surfaces are ugly and it&#039;s 5 times the price.&nbsp; The details are slightly obscured by the dirt on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been picking up some really nice examples of Byzantine AE.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first purchase from Biga.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456550[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Into the basket also went a large Justinian Follis.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also picked up a decrepit Constantinople example of Tiberius Apsimar, a hole filler for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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