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<p>[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 4029370, member: 93702"]I purchased these two coins for $2.98 total.. </p><p>They're super rough but I find them very interesting - especially the tags applied directly to the coin.</p><p>Pretty obvious that these were never museum pieces (to say the least <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), so must have been added by a previous collector. Whatever name or number that was once on the tags is long gone.</p><p>It's difficult to determine what the tags are made of - they are hard as if they are metal - but more likely paper that has been hardened by the abundance of glue (as you can see this collector was very liberal with the glue!!).</p><p><br /></p><p>What would possess someone to catalog their coins in this manner is beyond me. But I do find that it adds to the interest to these rough coins..</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any coins you have with tags or markings applied by collectors or museums. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APUserImages/U25692F1ZQKJJUIR.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Rome,265-267</p><p>Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate head of Gallienus to right.</p><p>Rev. ABVNDANTIA AVG / B Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopia.</p><p>2.9g, 20mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APUserImages/U25692F1NWGCRKVB.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Rome, 262 AD.</p><p>Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate bust of Gallienus to right.</p><p>Reverse: AEQVITAS AVG / VI Aequitas standing front, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left.</p><p>3.2g, 20mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 4029370, member: 93702"]I purchased these two coins for $2.98 total.. They're super rough but I find them very interesting - especially the tags applied directly to the coin. Pretty obvious that these were never museum pieces (to say the least :woot:), so must have been added by a previous collector. Whatever name or number that was once on the tags is long gone. It's difficult to determine what the tags are made of - they are hard as if they are metal - but more likely paper that has been hardened by the abundance of glue (as you can see this collector was very liberal with the glue!!). What would possess someone to catalog their coins in this manner is beyond me. But I do find that it adds to the interest to these rough coins.. Please post any coins you have with tags or markings applied by collectors or museums. [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APUserImages/U25692F1ZQKJJUIR.JPG[/IMG] Gallienus, Rome,265-267 Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate head of Gallienus to right. Rev. ABVNDANTIA AVG / B Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopia. 2.9g, 20mm [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APUserImages/U25692F1NWGCRKVB.JPG[/IMG] Gallienus, Rome, 262 AD. Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate bust of Gallienus to right. Reverse: AEQVITAS AVG / VI Aequitas standing front, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. 3.2g, 20mm[/QUOTE]
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