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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3173049, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Follow-up:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">“I decided to keep a collection of twenty of my very favorite Roman Imperial coins - an Abafil tray (or rather a plastic flip page) full - mainly because I simply couldn’t bear to let them go. So far I have only eighteen selected in accordance with my long-time criteria:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">1. Significant historical association</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">2. Well centered strike</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">3. Clear and complete inscriptions (as much as possible)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">4. High quality inscriptional lettering</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">5. Britannia connection”</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I have actually ended up selecting just 18 coins.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I did have a surprise when I was surveying my coins to make up the lists:&nbsp; I came across this coin that I thought I had lost:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Antonia dupondius with Claudius reverse</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000anto.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000antr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Vol. I, ANTONIA, DUPONDIUS, Rome, No. 92, 41-42AD,</i> (12.7gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse: Antonia, draped bust facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>ANTONIA AVGVSTA</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: Claudius, togate, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP - S C (left and right)</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">My final “keeper list” is at: <a href="http://jp29.org/000favorites.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jp29.org/000favorites.htm" rel="nofollow">http://jp29.org/000favorites.htm</a></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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