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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24733427, member: 26430&quot;]Great coins and background! Will definitely check out those readings</p><p><br /></p><p>I had no idea those two city commemorative types existed. Those are really fantastic coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Constantinian Dynasty really is so fascinating. It really makes you glad not to have been born into nobility in the classical world. Then again, maybe things were even worse for members of the higher administrative and senatorial ranks, and their families...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m fond of this Hannibalianus which must have been one of the last coins purchased by Elvira Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001). I think it&#039;s the latest recorded purchase I&#039;ve seen (CNG XXVII, 29 Sep 1993, Lot 42, “Important Collection of Armenian Coinage&quot;):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582207[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my DELMATIVS &amp; DALMATIVS obverses... expandable for any who feel like clicking...</p><p>[ATTACH]1582198[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The is the best of the DEL spellings (there are two DAL in there):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582197[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For whatever reason, back during the glory days of uncleaned coins, I used to pull out bunches of the VOT &amp; GLORIA EX type City Commemoratives and still have many. (And still never even heard of the rarities posted above!)</p><p><br /></p><p>People used to refer to them as &quot;mules&quot; back then, but that claim always seemed suspect, given that I could personally recover dozens without even trying very hard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like a couple could still use more cleaning:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582204[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I hesitate to even show them, but if not now, when else would I? Well, I&#039;ll leave these as a thumbnail too, for any who want to see these 20 enough to click -- all four combinations of Urbs/Constantinopolis X GLORIA/VOT:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1582202[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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