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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8033447, member: 85693&quot;]Have you ever bought a coin that was really, really cruddy, just because it was an interesting type?&nbsp; I do this a lot on eBay, if the price is right.&nbsp; And so I am bringing back this thread because baby, chubby Hercules strangling snakes is pretty cool - and [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] did such a great job with the original post.&nbsp; The coin, however, has some issues <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think mine is a die match to all the others out there, the reverse anyway; it seems only one reverse die was used, as noted in this Gemini auction:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=725052" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=725052" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=725052</a>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some more on acsearch, all nicer than mine:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=serdica+herakles+serpent&amp;category=1&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=serdica+herakles+serpent&amp;category=1&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=serdica+herakles+serpent&amp;category=1&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1391583[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(c. 207-217 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Serdica, Thrace</b></p><p>AVT K M AV CEV ANT[Ω]NINOC, laureate head right /&nbsp; CEPΔΩN, infant chubby Herakles kneeling right, strangling two serpents entwining his arms</p><p>Varbanov 2097 (see notes).</p><p>(3.52 grams / 17 x 16 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $2.25 BIN</p><p><b>Jochen1 on Coin Talk notes:</b></p><p>a) Ruzicka 391 (1 ex., Glasgow)</p><p>b) Varbanov 153 corr. (same dies, but writes ANTΩNEINOC)</p><p>c) Hristova/Jekov No. 12.18.14.14</p><p><b>Gemini LLC; Auction VI; Lot 633; 10.01.2010:</b></p><p>Varbanov 2097, illustrating this coin.</p><p>Hristova/Jelov, Serdica, p. 87 (illustrating three specimens, including this coin, all from the same die pair).</p><p><b>Naumann auction:</b></p><p>Cf. Varbanov 2096-7.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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