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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8245660, member: 84744&quot;]Well, believe it or not, I have a new #1 coin for 2022.&nbsp; Feast your eyes on THIS:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452028[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This type is a grail coin for me.&nbsp; It depicts the transport of the (in)famous Stone of Emesa from Syria to Rome, accompanied by the emperor, high priest of the Emesan sun god Elagabal.&nbsp; You can clearly see the stone (meteorite) in the quadriga, emblazoned with an eagle.&nbsp; It was the emperor&#039;s intention to make Elagabal the chief god in the Roman pantheon, replacing Jupiter.&nbsp; Needless to say this didn&#039;t go down well, with the eventual result that he was assassinated in 222 and his cousin, Severus Alexander, was raised to the purple.&nbsp; (Read more in the classic [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] post, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/#post-2014649" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/#post-2014649">A Boy and His Stone</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been trying to get one of these for years, and never imagined I&#039;d ever get one of this quality.&nbsp; Look at the detail on the reverse!&nbsp; The obverse is none to shabby either, and the slight corrosion on the coin really doesn&#039;t detract, even less so in hand.&nbsp; What a coin!!&nbsp; Unquestionably one of the crown jewels of my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>So imagine my astonishment when it arrived in the mail this morning, completely out of the blue, courtesy of my Coinguardian Angels</b>: [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER], [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER], [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], and last but far from least, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER].&nbsp; Yes, those same generous friends who had already given me the magnificent Syracuse tetras with its cancer-crushing Herakles!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not remotely worthy of such a stupendous gift.&nbsp; Truly, I am in shock.&nbsp; Thank you so very much, there aren&#039;t words to express my gratitude.&nbsp; You are capital-A Amazing.&nbsp; Thank you!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The gift was accompanied by another touching note, expressing the hope that this new coin (&quot;Crush the Crab Phase II&quot;) would bring me luck just like the first one did, with my exciting January PET scan results.&nbsp; I hope it does!&nbsp; The lift comes at a good time, as the side effect of my cancer that I mentioned in my last comment in the thread, osteomalacia, has become quite difficult to deal with.&nbsp; In fact, despite my shrinking tumours, my symptoms are worse, if anything.&nbsp; Pain, fatigue, always stomach problems.&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping to get access to a new drug called burosumab specifically for tumour-induced osteomalacia, but it&#039;s horrendously expensive: like 200K USD per year. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Hopefully the coin will bring me some luck there!&nbsp; (Though I fear the chances are slim.)&nbsp; In any case, it will certainly help me face my continuing difficulties with stoicism, while I wait for my next PET scan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile I&#039;ll take the lesson from Elagabalus&#039;s mistakes and avoid prancing around a meteorite in gauzy robes wearing a bull&#039;s penis on my head. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is surely the most amazing gift CoinTalkers have ever bestowed on another member.&nbsp; And it is a gift of hope.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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