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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8185577, member: 19463&quot;]I still have two coins in the quarantine ward although they have been BD free for 5 - 10 years now.&nbsp; The one that fits best here is this Alexandrian tetradrachm of Volusian.&nbsp; The coin is rare and this one has the best portrait of any Volusian from Alexandria that I have seen.&nbsp; That is all it has going for it.&nbsp; I paid $10 for it from the late Don Zauche.&nbsp; If the poor half were as nice as the VF half, this coin might be pushing four digits as the best known example of an R5.&nbsp; As it is, it may still be the best known of an R5 and worth closer to the $10.&nbsp; As I have pointed out many times, a coin that is 50% trash, has a 50% chance of being fake or any other similar &#039;situation&#039; is not worth 50% of a perfect specimen.&nbsp; This coin is 100% genuine and R5 rare.&nbsp; Someone needed to pay the $10 and treat it.&nbsp; Who has another one?&nbsp; Can anyone who owns Dattari/Savio see if he had one (this one?)? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431922[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I expect this coin to outlive me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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