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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8168403, member: 85693&quot;]Well I like &#039;em, [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] - sure they have suffered the ages, but with coins like this I always have a lot of fun trying to attribute them.&nbsp; Those three coins look like a couple hours of frustrating but enjoyable time on RPC Online.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My very last purchase of 2021 was ugly but cheap, an unattributed lot for $19.50.&nbsp; I went for it because of the Gordian III tetradrachm, which are a bit scarce (this one is rare, I found out thanks to [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] help rendered earlier).&nbsp; But I like the other ones as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the lot: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426518[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This Faustina II sestertius is one of my favorite types:&nbsp; I hope I get to go to heaven riding on a peacock, my veil billowing behind me, but probably only empresses get this treatment.&nbsp; My mode of transport will probably be a handbasket.&nbsp; This is my third one of the type, all three of them horrible in one way or another (I&#039;d bet [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] has a nice one):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426523[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A Byzantine Class D Anonymous follis - worn, but all there, except the obverse legends:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426533[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A pitted and worn Gratian, but fully attributable (RIC IX Thessalonica 37a (subtype 1) and an interesting reverse type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426534[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many would say this Licinius is uncollectable; I say jowls, Jupiter and a captive wearing a dunce cap - what&#039;s not to like? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426524[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Constantine the Great AE could probably be &quot;conserved,&quot; but not by me - I like the green acne just fine: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426520[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the Gordian tetradrachm from Alexandria, which is pretty much worth the lot price, I think:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426522[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another tetradrachm, this one issued for Diocletian - it is scruffy like the rest, but it has nice colors, especially on the obverse: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426521[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So here&#039;s to 2022 being another great year for giving homes to the ugly and the cheap<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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