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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 5152034, member: 91461"]Theodora the explorer! Bahahaha <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> great line<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Glad the you could gain from my learning experience. You see, I had the exact same experience... except in reverse<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The first coin of that rare empress Theodora that I bought (Ebay, of course) turned out to have actually been a cruddy Helena!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Not that helena is cruddy, but rather Theodora's coins generally are much more barbarous looking. Which was the first tell for me when I saw you new beauty. And as you apply pointed out the legend tells the rest of the story. Great find. Coingrats!</p><p>One of the Roman rulers that I hadn't heard of until I started collecting, who is now a favorite, is Pertinax<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208750[/ATTACH] </p><p>Son of a freed slave, soldier and senator with a track record of winning and no frivolity. Pertinax had all the ear marks of being thre next GREAT ruler of Rome. </p><p>Due to his lack if frivolity and bringing back discipline the praetorian guard offed him and sold the purple to the highest bidder<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. One of the empire's darkest days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 5152034, member: 91461"]Theodora the explorer! Bahahaha :hilarious: great line:) Glad the you could gain from my learning experience. You see, I had the exact same experience... except in reverse:wacky: The first coin of that rare empress Theodora that I bought (Ebay, of course) turned out to have actually been a cruddy Helena!:banghead: Not that helena is cruddy, but rather Theodora's coins generally are much more barbarous looking. Which was the first tell for me when I saw you new beauty. And as you apply pointed out the legend tells the rest of the story. Great find. Coingrats! One of the Roman rulers that I hadn't heard of until I started collecting, who is now a favorite, is Pertinax:punch: [ATTACH=full]1208750[/ATTACH] Son of a freed slave, soldier and senator with a track record of winning and no frivolity. Pertinax had all the ear marks of being thre next GREAT ruler of Rome. Due to his lack if frivolity and bringing back discipline the praetorian guard offed him and sold the purple to the highest bidder:eek:. One of the empire's darkest days.[/QUOTE]
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