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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 6626558, member: 111037&quot;]Brand new arrival. This dropped in the mailbox today. I will just share it here as [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] &#039;s write-up is very nice and I don&#039;t think there is anything more for me to add to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267408[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I had no choice but to use flash for the photos. It has a pretty dark patina, and my phone could not catch all the nice details otherwise. Pretty big coin, and quite interestingly it looks like the damage to it is intentional. If I would allow my imagination to run rampant, I would say that it was kept in the breast pocket of a card-thief and it luckily stopped a bullet from a pin-fire revolver or a Sharps Derringer fired by an angry showgirl. Or, something else...</p><p><br /></p><p>Two questions: Why did Phocas issued follis with either an M or XXXX and didn&#039;t stick to a single type? Also, I noticed that the type I got is getting rather high hammer prices in auctions lately.. That is one of the reasons I went for this coin when I saw it in a retailer&#039;s stock very reasonably priced. Why are they so popular?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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