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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1754739, member: 9204&quot;]When these coins were up for auction, I went to the convenience store and bought a couple of lottery tickets. I may usually collect the ugliest little things, but I do have very expensive tastes. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/87001122.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Tetricus I. </b>Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 271-274. AV Aureus (21mm, 4.45 g, 6h). “Victoria Germanica” issue. Mint City II (Cologne). 1st emission, December AD 271. IMP C G P ESV TETRICVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA GER M, Tetricus, holding globe and scepter, standing left, being crowned by Victory, holding wreath and palm frond; to left at feet of Tetricus, bound captive seated left with head right. RIC V 38 var. (bust type); Schulte 2 (dies 3/- [unlisted rev.die]); Sondermann 1.2 = D. Hollard, &quot;Un aureus inédit de Tétricus Ier découvert en Afghanistan,&quot; <i>BSFN</i> 58.10 (December 2003), pp. 225-9 = L. Dussubieux and B. Gratuze, &quot;Nature et origine des objets en verre retrouvés à Begram et à Bara,&quot; <i>De l&#039;Indus à l&#039;Oxus: Archéologie de l&#039;Asie centrale</i> (2003), 285 (this coin); Calicó -. EF, pleasant river patina. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/80000111.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. <i>Agathokles. </i></b>317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99 g, 10h). Struck circa 310/08-306/5 BC. Head of Kore right, wearing grain ear wreath, single-pendant earring, and necklace; KOPAΣ behind / Nike standing right erecting trophy to right; [AΓ]AΘOKΛEOΣ to left, monogram to lower left, triskeles to right. Ierardi 104 (O21/R65); BAR issue 23; SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd 1489 (same obv. die); Dewing 947 (same rev. die); SNG Fabricius 259 (same dies). EF, attractive gray toning with slight iridescence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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