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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25347961, member: 10461&quot;]This is the only solidus I have ever owned.</p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). AV Solidus. Thessalonica, A.D. 476 or later.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></b></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><br /></p><p><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">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. </font></font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2023-2-15_20-12-18-png.1540526/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I once used it as a fashion accessory.&nbsp; It was the centerpiece of my “Holey Gold Hat” collection, which I wore to shows in the early 2000s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1621249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1621250[/ATTACH]</p><p>(2004 pic.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I no longer own it, or any of that holey gold.&nbsp; Sold it all to survive during the Recession.&nbsp; (I do still have the hat, but nowadays there are much humbler holey coins on it- no gold.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Closest thing I have to a solidus nowadays is this Justinian I tremissis in my <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/20286/coins-the-eclectic-hundred" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/20286/coins-the-eclectic-hundred" rel="nofollow">Eclectic Hundred</a> collection.&nbsp; (And two aurei in my <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21345/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-twelve-caesars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21345/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-twelve-caesars" rel="nofollow">Twelve Caesars </a>collection.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1621251[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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