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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 5932909, member: 75937&quot;]Does that mean <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lyonnaise" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lyonnaise" rel="nofollow"><i>made with onions</i></a>?</p><p><br /></p><p>I like that coin and don&#039;t think its obverse detracts from its overall desirability. It&#039;s very collectable! There was a time when a collection&#039;s greatness was defined by comprehensiveness and now your collection is more comprehensive. Not even the British Museum has an example of that coin! <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-10716" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-10716" rel="nofollow">Their specimen</a> has a radiate bust and it&#039;s hardly FDC, either. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1243624[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1261" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1261" rel="nofollow">Neither does the OCRE have an example</a> of your laureate bust version.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a coin from my collection where the reverse really suffered the ravages of time but the obverse was spared.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-alexandrian-tetradrachm-jpg.819241/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon tetradrachm, 8.70 g, 23 mm.</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, AD 266/7.Obv: AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: Homonoia standing left, raising hand and holding double cornucopia; L IΔ (= regnal year 14) before, palm frond behind.</p><p>Refs: Dattari (Savio) 5246; BMCG 2186; Cologne 2937; Milne 4136; RCV 10580; Emmett 3816.14; K&amp;G 90.93.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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