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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8098006, member: 84744&quot;]Thank you all for the kind words, wishes, and support... they mean so much to me right now!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> With even a few modern collectors chiming in... almost makes me feel bad for having taken the occasional pot shot at them! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many fabulous fighter coins to help me on my journey: Perseus from [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER], Victories from [USER=75496]@Carl Wilmont[/USER] and [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER], bestiarii from [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] (wow!), Sev Alex Jupiter and Mars from [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER] and [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER]; victorious cavalry from furryfrog, [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER], and [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] (love that Fonteius, Donna!); the ultimate badass Antigonos Monopthalmos from kirispupis, a JC from [USER=24754]@Cherd[/USER], Athena from [USER=95284]@savitale[/USER], a martial Sev Alex from [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], and a mighty bull from [USER=100847]@Di Nomos[/USER] (another real wow! coin).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER], if the cancer takes me out eventually I hope I go like Leonidas!&nbsp; (Though Leonidas lost.&nbsp; As Norm Macdonald said, since the cancer gets snuffed along with me, it would surely be a tie! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)&nbsp; I can&#039;t think of a better coin for this thread than [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&#039;s ex-x6 hoplite, and [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] will even permit me to acquire a couple of MSC&#039;s... now <i>that</i> is real caring right there folks!&nbsp; And more, too: medical coins from furryfrog and [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER], two beautiful fortifying poems from [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] (is that second one the origin of &quot;carpe diem&quot;?), and some much-needed meditation from [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER].&nbsp; [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], I feel the same about you, buddy; and [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], I forgive you for the Thasos. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It occurs to me that some of you might have mixed feelings about my news.&nbsp; After all, some coveted coins will probably be coming to market in advance of expectations!&nbsp; Well... not before time, you varmints! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back to being serious, though... thank you, thank you, thank you all... it was a hard post to write, but you have come through for me and I&#039;m so very grateful to you all. Onward!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a recent key coin I acquired.&nbsp; I&#039;d been missing a Quietus for ages and ages despite bidding on dozens.&nbsp; Finally I ponied up what it takes for a Roma example, which I&#039;m extremely happy with:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1407843[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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