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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4480365, member: 100731&quot;]... daar vraag je me wat!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got several coins that fit in this category. This large and hefty piece of silver - my avatar coin - was actually one of my first ancients. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113216[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This extremely rare sceatta (type D, BMC 10) was recently found in the Netherlands and not recognized by the seller as a rare specimen - in fact, there are only ca. 30 known. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113215[/ATTACH] </p><p>This denier of Charles II le Chauve, minted in Le Mans ticks most of not all boxes: a lovely patina, great detail, and an interesting period (minted only ~250 years after the crude coin above).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113217[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A bit later - just a few years after the &#039;start&#039; of the Holy Roman Empire, this splendid Coin of Heinrich II. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113222[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess most will have developed a blind spot for this coin, which I post over and over again. It&#039;s an Ambiani Celt war stater, minted to finance the war against Julius Caesar. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113218[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Or this recent piece of eye-candy, depicting a cool scene with two soldiers and a sow. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113220[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, to stay a bit on the Domitian train:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113223[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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