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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 4549663, member: 44132"]Well, not much has changed this that thread 3 years ago, so I've copied what I posted and updated it:</p><p><br /></p><p>I retired from the Army in 2001 after 33 years of service. I spent tours in Vietnam and the Gulf War. Afterwards, I spent 10 years as a government contractor working much through the Defense Attache Offices around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>As of March of next year, my wife and I will have been married 53 years. I'm not certain how she has put up with me and my career for all that time. I have two sons that are older than many of the posters at CT, but neither of them are much interested in my collection. The oldest is a teacher in Virginia and a writer. My youngest is with the Army stationed with NATO in Belgium. Both are highly educated making my BS in Sociology the lesser of all their degrees. I'm obviously very proud.</p><p><br /></p><p>My collection is rather small at somewhere near 800 Ancient coins. It covers a period from c 500 BC to 1439 AD. The bulk of my collection is Roman Republican and Imperial, but my Greek collection is gaining on the Imperial at a fast pace. Seeing as how Army green runs through my veins, it should not be surprising that my interest lie primarily in military history as shown on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be more specific, my collection passion centers around the first and second centuries BC through the same period AD. I have a "complete" set of Marcus Antonius Legionary denarii with some duplicates. With all the variations, I believe there are 34 examples to be found. Below is a hard to find Legio IIII:[ATTACH=full]1126286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1126287[/ATTACH]</p><p>MARCUS ANTONIUS</p><p>AR Denarius </p><p>OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow </p><p>REVERSE: LEG IIII, legionary eagle between two standards </p><p>Patrae 32-31 BC </p><p>3.3g, 17mm </p><p>RSC 29; Syd 1220, Cr544/16[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 4549663, member: 44132"]Well, not much has changed this that thread 3 years ago, so I've copied what I posted and updated it: I retired from the Army in 2001 after 33 years of service. I spent tours in Vietnam and the Gulf War. Afterwards, I spent 10 years as a government contractor working much through the Defense Attache Offices around the world. As of March of next year, my wife and I will have been married 53 years. I'm not certain how she has put up with me and my career for all that time. I have two sons that are older than many of the posters at CT, but neither of them are much interested in my collection. The oldest is a teacher in Virginia and a writer. My youngest is with the Army stationed with NATO in Belgium. Both are highly educated making my BS in Sociology the lesser of all their degrees. I'm obviously very proud. My collection is rather small at somewhere near 800 Ancient coins. It covers a period from c 500 BC to 1439 AD. The bulk of my collection is Roman Republican and Imperial, but my Greek collection is gaining on the Imperial at a fast pace. Seeing as how Army green runs through my veins, it should not be surprising that my interest lie primarily in military history as shown on coins. To be more specific, my collection passion centers around the first and second centuries BC through the same period AD. I have a "complete" set of Marcus Antonius Legionary denarii with some duplicates. With all the variations, I believe there are 34 examples to be found. Below is a hard to find Legio IIII:[ATTACH=full]1126286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1126287[/ATTACH] MARCUS ANTONIUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow REVERSE: LEG IIII, legionary eagle between two standards Patrae 32-31 BC 3.3g, 17mm RSC 29; Syd 1220, Cr544/16[/QUOTE]
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