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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3267707, member: 91461&quot;]I am just humbled and stumbled by the amazing generosity and awesomeness that my SS showed!</p><p>My SS even had a most inventive and enjoyable theme! The Good, the Bad and the COUNTERSTAMP!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I took pictures along the way, as they did such a funderful job of adding excitement to my journey.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]861070[/ATTACH] </p><p>By Jove, Watson, I like a good mystery<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s next?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]861071[/ATTACH] </p><p>An awesome watercolor post card of everyone&#039;s favorite hero (except King John of course) Robin Hood!</p><p><br /></p><p>As well...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]861072[/ATTACH] </p><p>Another beautiful watercolor!</p><p>And then<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]861073[/ATTACH] </p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> WoWiE! 3 BEAuuuutiful coins!! All right in some of my favorite areas of collecting.</p><p>Even with a bunch of clues I still haven&#039;t figured out who on CT my SS is though?? I have their real life name, but know not who they are as I would possibly know them better by from CT.</p><p>Whomever you are, thank you so very much!</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe I have correctly attributed these. If not please let me know.</p><p>1st, the Good:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]861076[/ATTACH] </p><p>Alexandru cel bun (Alexander the Good) Half gos type 4. 11.7 mm diameter, ? g, copper or billon</p><p><u>Obverse</u> Moldavian coat of arms: urus head bearing a five ray star between its horns, the uneven ray pointing down, waning crescent at left and five petal rose at right, the odd petal pointing down (heraldic positioning) </p><p><u>Reverse</u> shield split vertically; three bars at right and five fleurs-de-lis at left arranged 2-2-1 (heraldic positioning); over the shield the Moldavian urus having at heraldic left a waning crescent (in the missing portion of the coin a five petal rose); partially visible outer pearl circle.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s up with &quot;Good guys&quot; having such crazy sons and grand sons. Ol&#039; Alexandru is the other grandfather of Vlad the Impaler (presumably on his mothers side). Better known as Dracula! I had just recently posted a&nbsp; long sought after coin of Mircea the Great his grandad on his fathers side in my &quot;Coins that go bump in the night&quot; Halloween thread! A truly awesome SS present...but wait there&#039;s more!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bad...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]861075[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caracalla, Caesar, 196-198 Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 2.92 g, 12 h), Laodicea, 198. M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. SECVRITAS PERPETVA Securitas standing front, head left, holding inverted spear in left hand and resting with right on shield set on ground. BMC 459. Cohen 566. RIC 330.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorite bad boys and with such detail and a fantastic old cabinet toning<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And last but certainly not least,</p><p>The Countermark...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]861077[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia (van Alfen type 2) Kingdom of Pergamon</p><p>Philetairus, 282-263 BC Bronze, with countermark: owl. Head of Athena with Attic Helmet / Serpent of Asclepius. SNG BN 1650 ff. 2.99 g </p><p><br /></p><p>What an excellent Owl CM &quot;perched&quot; ontop of the serpent of Asclepius! Owls and Gorgons are what started me down my path of Greek coins. And now I have a countermark owl!</p><p>Again, whomever my SS is from my family to yours, have a happy Saturnalia!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]861047[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;Io Saturnalia all!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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