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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7935537, member: 19463&quot;]No, we don&#039;t have a Zenobia but she does bring up the question of who needs to be included in a list like this.&nbsp; Vabalathus was never really emperor and the few coins we have labeled AVG might be discounted as mistakes of understanding at a mint. We might free ourselves from a few other rare ones in this way but we will never agree where to draw the line.&nbsp; I wonder if Gordian I and II ever saw a coin bearing their image.&nbsp; By that time being supported by the Senate was not practical proof of status in the same way it was before having an army to back up your claim outranked support from a body that served/lived at the whim of a strong man.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, those who know me know I &#039;value&#039; my Zenobia &#039;Alexandrian&#039; &#039;tetradrachm&#039; that, before tooling, previously did service, I believe, as an as of one of the Flavians.&nbsp; I bought it as a fake and hope someday to find someone to leave it to that will find it as funny as I have.&nbsp;&nbsp; The coin came with an NGC ticket with a number identifying it as &quot;Washingtons 1783-1795&quot; but noted on the label &quot;EXTENSIVELY TOOLED TO CHANGE I.D.&quot; which is certainly correct.&nbsp; Funny.&nbsp; Zenobia?&nbsp; No, but it is as close as I will get!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372665[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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