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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8260416, member: 110226&quot;]Here are three more recent purchases.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin that I have been seeking for a while.&nbsp; A lot of the examples on the market have fair to poor strikes.&nbsp; Clearly the focus was not on quality during their production.&nbsp; Also, prices vary considerably, with attractive examples fetching healthy prices auction and dealers&#039; websites.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, when this coin showed up as an unsold lot, I decided that was the one.&nbsp; The strike is off-center, as so many of these have, but the details was quite clear, with a really nice aegis on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pontos, Amisos, circa 111-105 BC or 95-90 BC</p><p>AE 21</p><p>Mithridates</p><p>Ex Roma E-Sale 93, lot 425</p><p>SNG Stancomb 690</p><p><br /></p><p>7.98 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456696[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is a mid-mass production owl, also an unsold lot from E-Sale 94, lot 128.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who wouda thunk it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Attica, Athens 454-404 BC</p><p>Tetradrachm</p><p>Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597.</p><p><br /></p><p>17.21 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456698[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin is a sestertius of Faustina II, a somewhat earthy example of her MATRI MAGNAE sestertii.&nbsp; This coin is from the Antonio Carmona Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased this coin primarily for the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II (wife of M. Aurelius) Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 170-175/6. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / MATR[I MAG]NAE, Cybele seated to right, holding drum on knee, between two lions seated to right; SC in exergue. RIC III 1663 (Aurelius); C. 169; Banti 92; BMCRE 993. 25.72g, 32mm, 6h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Near Very Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456731[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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