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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2117609, member: 19463&quot;]It happened that other threads seemed appropriate for most of my new coins from the show Saturday.&nbsp; Here are the others - all too late to interest many of you.&nbsp; I give some reasons but get real, most were just cheaper than I thought they were worth.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus Alexandria 4dr year 13 Emmett 3806 (a common one) - All three reverse letters have a squiggle to the vertical strokes.&nbsp; Is this a factor of the strike or was the die that way?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]401121[/ATTACH] </p><p>Postumus billon but still gray antoninianus - Mars walking&nbsp; - This is just one I did not have.&nbsp; I only recently realized I like Postumus.&nbsp; He is such a handsome fellow.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]401122[/ATTACH] </p><p>Maximianus Jupiter is interesting (not rare) to me because it honors the god associated with Diocletian rather than Max&#039;s usual Hercules type.&nbsp; It is also a workshop S=6 which I like because of all the variations of letter form found for that numeral. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]401123[/ATTACH] </p><p>Severus II AE1 Moneta reverse from Rome SAC MON VRB - I had been telling myself that I was weak in this ruler and this was attractive to me.&nbsp; It is unusual in that the portrait is about as low relief as I have seen and Severus&#039; coins are not usually very high.&nbsp; The letters are raised even higher which makes the coin very stackable.&nbsp; How many folles are there in a roll? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]401124[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantinopolis commemorative - This has four attractions to me besides being cheap.&nbsp; It has smooth surfaces and is a mint (Trier - TRS) I don&#039;t have.&nbsp; At the reverse left is a palm branch angled to the left.&nbsp; Finally it is a product of a clashed reverse die which explains why you had trouble seeing the mintmark and the branch.&nbsp; Perhaps you see the inverted incuse nose just right of the branch and prow???&nbsp; I do not pay extra for clashed die coins but I don&#039;t refuse them like many people would.&nbsp;&nbsp; At 2.49g, this is the heavier series that acompanied the two soldiers, two standards types and is found in RIC volume VII (#563 page 218).&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]401125[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantius II AE3 Phoenix on globe Constantinople - This is a different officina than my other one of this mint but I though it outclassed the other coins in the junk box.&nbsp; Even with some texture problems, a full legend Phoenix with patina does not belong in a box with electrocuted trash. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]401126[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantius II AE2 Thessalonika soldier with one captive (more commonly seen with two) - My other one is a different officina but I am not really trying to get all FEL TEMP&#039;s by officina (I hope).&nbsp; This has an uneven strike favoring the Chi-Rho and soldier&#039;s face but loses some of the captive detail.&nbsp; There was a time I considered these more scarce than I do now but I bought it anyway. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]401127[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing I got at Baltimore comes close to JA&#039;s Gaius coup but I had fun. Over half the money I spent went to the Nero I showed on another thread so I&#039;ll go work on updating my favorites page where it with now put in an appearance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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