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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 25817268, member: 44106&quot;]I actually like the Valerian because although it&#039;s a fairly humble example, it has tremendous personal significance to you and probably remains a cornerstone of your collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a kid, I was more interested in dinosaurs than human civilization but that changed when I was around 12 and visited the Saturday flea market in Portobello Road in the UK. There was a stand selling all types of Roman coins and I picked up my first ancient coin, an encrusted Valens Ae3 for a quid. After painstakingly chipping off all the dirt with a toothpick (a la [USER=87454]@galba68[/USER]), it revealed a well-preserved and unusually realistic portrait of the emperor on an apple-green flan. I was hooked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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