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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2613420, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Here was one of my <b><font size="5">&quot;learning experience&quot; </font></b>purchases ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">man, I &quot;love/loved&quot; this cool coin when I first saw it (its&#039; a total winner, I figured!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; but like a hungry eagle spotting a wounded field-mouse, Mentor swooped-in and taught me about smoothing &amp; tooling (gawd, I hated Mentor that day) </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Bosporian Kings, Sauromates I</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">- Implements of Battle –</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Æ 48 Units </span></b></p><p>Date: circa 98-104 AD</p><p>Size: 27.94 mm</p><p>Weight: 9.49 grams</p><p>Obverse: TIBEPIOC IOYΛIOC BACIΛEYC CAYPOMATHC, Sauromates seated right on curule chair, holding sceptre tipped with the head of Trajan</p><p>Reverse: TEIMAI BACIΛEωC CAYPOMATOY, Round shield with spear, surrounded by battle axe, horse head, helmet, and sword in scabbard, mark of denomination (MH) below</p><p>Attribution: MacDonald 417</p><p>Description: <b><font size="5">A nice example with light tooling and smoothing typical for this issue.</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]572142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... yah, I still love this coin </span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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