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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8210861, member: 134416&quot;]No, dougsmit, like horrendous in rock crusher/I have to use my imagination to determine what it is. It would be in poor grade.&nbsp; The Macedonian shield is more identifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best guess is Nero.&nbsp; At some point in the past I put the super-crap coins in trays.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to see if I can dig it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the decrepit junk boxers set me on my lifelong love of ancient coins.&nbsp; Perhaps five years later I was really set on my way.&nbsp; While attending a truly decrepit flea market (not being snobbish, they literally had soiled pants for sale there.&nbsp; Thinking back, it was a truly bizarre place; Edith Massey would have been right at home there), there was one guy who had ancient coins.&nbsp; They were pretty awful coins (the one I can remember is a heavily pitted Trebonianus Gallus Antioch Ant), but it got me going for good this time.&nbsp; A local coin store had much better ancients and the rest is history...&nbsp; I think I win the prize for the weirdest place ancients were available.&nbsp; I believe the ancient dealer was the only reason I returned a few times. Even thirteen year old me was simultaneously amused and horrified about the pants.</p><p><br /></p><p>A c. 2009 coin show was the last time I remember physically going through a junk box (if one counts bags - they were 30 bucks a piece IIRC).&nbsp; It was at Jon Kern&#039;s table, who usually specializes in expensive coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Harlan J Berk had various tiers of junk boxes as well during the 1990s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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