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<p>[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 8333387, member: 80952"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] is one of the members I admire the most from this community (and he is not the only one) and I am very glad when we chat about coins, auction strategies or whatever. </p><p>I wish I could meet him and some of the other collectors here someday. Who knows. </p><p>I must confess that he wanted to give me some coins as a gift for Secret Saturnalia. I was flattered and happy that this kind of people still exist, but also very annoyed that I had to refuse because laws in my country are very strict and possessing ancient coins is only legal if there are documents proving you are entitled to own one (auction invoices from legit auction houses). So no giveaways or gifts for me. Selling coins is not an option (I am not entirely sure if I can consign coins to auction houses.</p><p>But one of the coins I like the most in my collection was this one</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477219[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was from Ryro's collection and he consigned it to an auction house. </p><p>One of the things that still makes me meditate. Minted in Rome in 76 AD. Used for its primary role (but this is the amount of wear I find very acceptable). It crossed the Atlantic (who knows when). And reached me in the end (I live ~1399 miles east of Rome).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 8333387, member: 80952"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] is one of the members I admire the most from this community (and he is not the only one) and I am very glad when we chat about coins, auction strategies or whatever. I wish I could meet him and some of the other collectors here someday. Who knows. I must confess that he wanted to give me some coins as a gift for Secret Saturnalia. I was flattered and happy that this kind of people still exist, but also very annoyed that I had to refuse because laws in my country are very strict and possessing ancient coins is only legal if there are documents proving you are entitled to own one (auction invoices from legit auction houses). So no giveaways or gifts for me. Selling coins is not an option (I am not entirely sure if I can consign coins to auction houses. But one of the coins I like the most in my collection was this one [ATTACH=full]1477219[/ATTACH] It was from Ryro's collection and he consigned it to an auction house. One of the things that still makes me meditate. Minted in Rome in 76 AD. Used for its primary role (but this is the amount of wear I find very acceptable). It crossed the Atlantic (who knows when). And reached me in the end (I live ~1399 miles east of Rome).[/QUOTE]
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