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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2947670, member: 82549&quot;]Here are three that I found in batches of uncleaned coins. This first one would have been a stunner if the green patina had stayed intact:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/GoldenAge/MarcusAurelius.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius</p><p>Caesar, A.D. 139-161</p><p>Augustus, A.D. 161-180</p><p>Provincial Bronze (AE26)</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, before A.D. 161</p><p>Obv: AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP</p><p>Rev: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩNΠPOC IC - Serapis, standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera over altar.</p><p>Unlisted in Moushmov or RPC; unpublished?</p><p>26mm, 11.0g.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always had a soft spot for the bull-and-lion coins from Viminacium. Here&#039;s two:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/DownwardSpiral/PhilipI.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><u>Philip I (&quot;the Arab&quot;)</u></p><p>Augustus, A.D. 244-249</p><p>Provincial Bronze (AE29)</p><p>Moesia Superior, Viminacium, A.D. 247-248</p><p>Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG</p><p>Rev: P M S C-OL VIM - Moesia standing between bull and lion</p><p>ANVIIII in exergue</p><p>Varbonov 138</p><p>29mm, 14.3g.</p><p><br /></p><p>This last one I like because an imperial Hostilian is difficult, and usually expensive, to acquire, but can usually be found in a provincial:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/DownwardSpiral/Hostilian.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>HostilianCaesar, A.D. 250(?)-251</p><p>Augustus, A.D. 251</p><p>Provincial Bronze (AE26)</p><p>Moesia Superior, Viminacium</p><p>Obv: C VAL HOST M QVINTVS C</p><p>Rev: P M S COL VIM - Moesia, standing between bull and lion</p><p>AN XII in exergue</p><p>Moushmov 55</p><p>25x27mm, 12.2g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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