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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8151778, member: 75937"]<img src="https://preview.redd.it/o3iv51wtmbr21.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b4485dcc2dd6a3bc67d1e8fa530d406cc0094621" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do!! I like my coins like I like my salsa!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421977[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hot, thick & chunky!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>This hot and hunky chunky monkey came from none other than [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]! I decided to make it my first purchase of 2022!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421972[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Gordian III, AD 238-244.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 12.56 g, 22.2 mm, 11 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Egypt, Alexandria, AD 240/41.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥCЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, seen from front.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: L Δ; Zeus seated l., holding patera and scepter; at left, eagle.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RPC VII.2 (unassigned; ID <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/340341" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/340341" rel="nofollow">2816</a>); BMC 1857; Dattari 4794; Milne 3371–3; Emmett 3434; Geissen 2653; RCV --.</font></p><p><font size="3">Notes: Ex- [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]; Ex- Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot <a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=1270370|2579|338|d616269009119f1078cf33f00c2f90b4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=1270370|2579|338|d616269009119f1078cf33f00c2f90b4" rel="nofollow">338</a>, ex- E.E. Clain-Stefanelli. </font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>You can't appreciate how thick and chunky it is unless you view it obliquely!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421973[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at that thick thing!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Let's see your chunky monkeys!!!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8151778, member: 75937"][IMG]https://preview.redd.it/o3iv51wtmbr21.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b4485dcc2dd6a3bc67d1e8fa530d406cc0094621[/IMG] I do!! I like my coins like I like my salsa! [ATTACH=full]1421977[/ATTACH] Hot, thick & chunky!!! This hot and hunky chunky monkey came from none other than [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]! I decided to make it my first purchase of 2022! [ATTACH=full]1421972[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 12.56 g, 22.2 mm, 11 h. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 240/41. Obv: Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥCЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, seen from front. Rev: L Δ; Zeus seated l., holding patera and scepter; at left, eagle. Refs: RPC VII.2 (unassigned; ID [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/340341']2816[/URL]); BMC 1857; Dattari 4794; Milne 3371–3; Emmett 3434; Geissen 2653; RCV --. Notes: Ex- [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]; Ex- Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot [URL='https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=1270370|2579|338|d616269009119f1078cf33f00c2f90b4']338[/URL], ex- E.E. Clain-Stefanelli. [/SIZE][/INDENT] You can't appreciate how thick and chunky it is unless you view it obliquely! [ATTACH=full]1421973[/ATTACH] Look at that thick thing!!! [I]Let's see your chunky monkeys!!![/I][/QUOTE]
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