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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3795256, member: 96898&quot;]Congratulations on this new acquisition! I can see why you like it so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>In all my collection areas, I have a significant share of worn but beloved coins. Some were too expensive for me in higher grade, while others, especially the medieval ones, just don&#039;t come in pristine condition. Honest wear really doesn&#039;t constitute much of a problem in my eyes, and in some cases, I even find it atractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014052[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Phokis, Federal Coinage, triobol, ca. 490–485 BC. Obv: frontal bull&#039;s head. Rev: head of Artemis r. set diagonally in incuse square, Φ-O[-K-I] around. 13mm, 2.63g. Ref: see BCD Lokris–Phokis 189; see Williams 1972, no. 17.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1014051[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Attica, Athens, AR triobol or hemidrachm, ca. 390–295 BC. Obv: head of Athena with Attic helmet r. Rev: Owl standing facing between olive twigs, retrograde ethnic [A]ΘE around. 12.5mm, 2.06g. Ref: SNG Munich 206–7.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1014053[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: C. Norbanus, AR denarius, 83 BC, Rome mint. Obv: C. NORBANVS; head of Venus, diademed, r.; to l., control number LXXIII; banker’s mark: cornucopia? Rev: ear of wheat, fasces, and caduceus. 19mm, 3.53g. Ref: RRC 357/1b. Ex Bing collection.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1014050[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Adalbert III of Bohemia, Prince–Archbishopric of Salzburg, Friesach pfennig, ca. 1170–1200 AD, Friesach mint. Obv: E[R]IAC[EN]SIS (retrograde), bishop standing facing, holding crosier and book. Rev: church building with two towers, cross above pediment, four ringlets (windows?) below. 19mm, 0.97g. Ref: CNA, Ca9.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1014049[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Margraviate of Brandenburg, under House Wittelsbach, Otto V, denar, ca. 1365–1373, uncertain mint. Obv: margrave standing facing, holding two crossbows. Rev: ornamented triangle with trefoils and pellets. 16mm, 0.69g. Ref: Bahrfeldt 692; Dannenberg 252.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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