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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4783525, member: 85693&quot;]Just in from eBay, an 1872 copy of Persius <i>The Satires</i>, Latin with English.&nbsp; The seller&#039;s photos showed three pages referencing coins.&nbsp; How could I resist?&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please note these the seller&#039;s photos - I rarely wear purple nail polish.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Title Page:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference to the &quot;brass of good old Saturn&quot;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163247[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference to a &quot;clipped 100-as piece&quot;.&nbsp; Would that be an aureus?&nbsp; Or a really, really big copper! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163246[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference to &quot;coin fresh from the mint&quot;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The handwriting of the annotator makes me really jealous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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