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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2843969, member: 19463&quot;]My second group of $21-40 coins all came to me from the same Fredericksburg VA show in 2016 (the 2017 version is September 22 - I hope to attend).&nbsp; Each coin was $35 but not all were from the same seller.&nbsp; Some numbers are easier to write on flips???&nbsp; None were coins I was particularly seeking when I went to the show but each raised their hand when I asked for volunteers to join my collection.&nbsp; The sellers had hundreds of other coins that just did not try as hard.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Geta denarius with Genius reverse stood out to me because of the beard style.&nbsp; There is a bare tip of chin so this was not the last coin of Geta as Caesar but it is getting late in the period before he was named Augustus.&nbsp; I think it was worth $35.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]673568[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While worn, the Vespasian denarius with SPQR in wreath was something not similar to anything I had and I like coins that are different so there went another $35.&nbsp; Worth it?&nbsp; It was to me.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]673569[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another worn denarius at $35 was this Domitian Caesar with Pegasus. The highlight of this coin IMHO is the nose&nbsp; suggesting that Domitian looked a bit more like his father and brother than his later coins as Augustus liked to admit.&nbsp; Flavian denarii circulated for enough years and were made of soft enough silver that we see many worn coins.&nbsp; Sellers differ on how much to charge for such coins.&nbsp; I almost left this one because of the weakness around the nose and raised hoof of Pegasus but the nose on the portrait made it a winner (by a nose).&nbsp; Coins showing Pegasus usually show the vigorous steed of Greek mythology. [ATTACH=full]673570[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>By the time of Domitian, he was reduced to preforming as a &#039;counting horse&#039; tapping a hoof for the correct number. Here we see him counting Consulships (4).</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]tbf2ZkVAeWM[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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