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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3376097, member: 98035&quot;]I think only people with an innate love of history collect ancient coins, which is why I omitted it as a specific option. Rare rulers are fascinating because of how short their reign was. Rare titles pose questions - Why was Gordian III only Caesar for a few months? Or, Why were deification issues struck for Commodus, when he had just been assassinated for being an intolerable a-hole?</p><p><br /></p><p>On the subject of non-classicals, I&#039;d still consider my Indo-Sassanian collection to be my crowning achievement. No two are alike, but rarities still abound. Some favorites that I have had more than my share of luck getting:</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ve heard of Sri Ha, but how about...</p><p><br /></p><p>Sri Te</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sri Va</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895567[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895569[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sri Ma</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895568[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sri Da Ma</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895572[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t even know what this is; it&#039;s unpublished and I can only make out &quot;Sri&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895573[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Didn&#039;t even try</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895575[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sri ViGra</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895582[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sri Vi</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895584[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no history behind these coins; they cannot be ascribed to any ruler or even issuing authority. But, neverthe less it is fun to ponder over the puzzle. All but the last two coins are rare; the last two are rare early iterations of common coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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