Florian AE Antoninianus. OBV: IMP C FLORIANVS AVG, Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right. REV: FIDES MILIT, Fides standing left, holding sceptre and ensign. XXI epsilon in exergue. REF: RIC 30, Cohen 25. I just ordered this coin today and from a USA dealer so it should arrive later once he mails it. It won't be until next week when he mails it, he told me. Taking a chance on this 38 coin lot from a dealer from Serbia, first time. He has sold a lot of coins to other people and I've seen this. Price was 58 Euro including shipping. Says he's mailing out next Friday. I showed this lot before but now I just paid for it.
Hey Gil, that's a great new Florian addition (congrats) ... Oh, and can you please try to whittle me an Otho? (thanks buddy)
Nice Florian and it looks like the 'uncleaned' coins have quite a bit of detail, so you should luck out with a few more 'keepers' than on average---and maybe a real scarcity or one in superb condition...it's always a gamble as we all know---but it can be a bit of fun after all the 'elbow grease' of cleaning them.... Hmmm, It seems you only paid a bit more than the equivalent of $2.00 to $3.00 each per coin, so that is a pretty reasonable gamble to me... GOOD LUCK Gil!!!
There just HAVE to be some decent ones in there!Best of luck and show us when you have conserved them please....
I certainly will show you guys. But it is going to be quite awhile. I have to wait a week for the coins to be shipped, another up to 2 weeks for the coins to get here. And then a month of soaking for some of them.
