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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8300800, member: 91461&quot;][MEDIA=youtube]cpbbuaIA3Ds[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the wear, that is a stunning example of the highly desirable type<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> thanks for sharing her [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER] ... though, it does bring back memories of a much more humble example that was lost in fedex I&#039;d won last year:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468452[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The lifetime JCs were clearly VERY popular currency. And I&#039;d bet that 2 millenia ago people collected them and realized their intrinsic value, something like us recognizing a Babe Ruth rookie card, a Hendrix signed six string or a coin from the Ryro collection!</p><p>[USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER] shared some of the most beautiful aureus<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> three then four (vroom, vroom, four aureus!) and even those beauties show signs of use in commerce.</p><p>Short story long, [USER=134416]@nerosmyfavorite68[/USER] yours isn&#039;t near the most pitiful of these ancient celebrations of a true genius.</p><p>I recently upgraded this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468458[/ATTACH]</p><p>To this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468460[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And my Cloacina Maxima is truly from the crapper as it is a fourée:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468457[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>True, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER] , as beautiful as yours is, I love the style, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] has us both beat with hers... though, it doesn&#039;t appear to have been in too many hands before hers.</p><p>Here&#039;s mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice call out [USER=104741]@Ignoramus Maximus[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> nothing says we&#039;ll used as a countermark, not from a different conquer but rather, from so much use they had to stamp it to show it still had value.</p><p>SaWeet hippy Apollo [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] he got more than a couple of our ancestors inebriated.</p><p>[USER=72790]@kevin McGonigal[/USER] excellent point! Fresh out of the mint<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or well worn<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> didn&#039;t matter the coins had the same buying power<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>LMBO [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&quot;Well-worn&quot; pretty much describes my whole collection.&quot;</p><p>I&#039;m right along with you. Get what I can and get while the getting is good.</p><p>But those are some great types... and many that I still need<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This Musa fourée has plenty of wear and saw some good times<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... until it didn&#039;t<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and the buyer got busted (if he even knew if it was himself):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468463[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Or this baby faced Augustus from Spain. Great toning but somewhere between ancient Spain and my house it was cracked and then some modern put it back together:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468453[/ATTACH]</p><p>Speaking of money...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468462[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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