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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3204124, member: 84744&quot;]Superlative style indeed... and hard to find for this type.&nbsp; Awesome coin!!&nbsp; (How many years will I have to wait for one that I&#039;m satisfied with now that you&#039;ve shown me this one!? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>I browsed my collection database and picked the first coin that came up where I bought it purely because it spoke to me, in a way that might escape someone else:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829935[/ATTACH] </p><p>Valens siliqua, RIC IX Arles 6d</p><p><br /></p><p>There was (and is) something about the reverse style that I find arresting, as well as (secondarily) the portrait, and the overall toning.&nbsp; (I like the centring too, but anyone would like that.)&nbsp; I had to have it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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