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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GarrettB, post: 26313235, member: 139253&quot;]Happy Friday folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t purchased too many new coins recently because I&#039;ve a new home to pay for. I thought I&#039;d share some recent wins at auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite searching and bidding quite a bit, I haven&#039;t won an Augustus denarius (I guess I need to up my budget). I decided to go for a provincial in the short term, I and thought this had a nice distinctive portrait of Augustus. The coin has a surprisingly satisfying weight/heft to it as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kings of Thrace. Rhoemetalkes I and Pythodoris, with Augustus 11 BC-AD 12. Bronze Æ 24 mm, 9.02g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680016[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a type I have been after for some time, having come across many on the forum. For me, these tetradrachms seem relatively cheap for such large chunky coins (billon or not!).</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I, 244-249 Tetradrachm Antiochia circa 247, AR 27.00 mm., 12.67 g.</p><p>Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Eagle standing l., holding palm branch. Prieur 373. McAlee 923</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680017[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything related or of interest![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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