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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8114631, member: 19463&quot;]The three holes seem to be a fact.&nbsp; The &#039;why&#039; is conjecture.&nbsp; I note that both of our coins have two larger holes and one slightly smaller.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; This suggests to me that my coffin decoration idea is not correct.&nbsp; I was a lot &#039;smarter&#039; before I discovered how very little I know.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412111[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have several reasons to like this coin.&nbsp; I believe mine is as clear a lizard as any I have seen on even the larger denominations.&nbsp; Someday we will have to have a thread on all the variations available on these.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412112[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The little satyr </p><p><br /></p><p>came to me in 1991 from a dealer I then recorded as &#039;England&#039; later known as CNG.&nbsp; Then it was attributed to Lete before he ran over to his other place at Thasos.&nbsp; I (over?) paid $50 back then.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412113[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This price strikes me as low.&nbsp; There are two reverse types with this mintmark for each of the five rulers who issued them.&nbsp; I would like the five versions that I lack but too many people know about them and buy them for that to happen. The same design also comes in &#039;loveless&#039; form. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412117[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;I do not have the C2 Roma but do have the ordinary Vota version.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412118[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crispus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412119[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412120[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When I see a holed fourree my mind imagines someone discovering it an making jewelry from it.&nbsp; If I were writing historical fiction, I would have a shopkeeper forcing his slave (wife or child?) to wear it as punishment for accepting the bad coin when working the shop. I do not have a holed fourree and no one would be fooled by my Gordian.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412121[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The other coins shown here can join my want list.&nbsp; The fake Alexandrian is most interesting but I think I would really like the Juba elephant (mint state is OK but not required). While shopping for my Christmas present<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, be aware I would take the other Juba as well:</p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=15794" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=15794" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=15794</a></p><p>There are only a few hundred (thousand?) coins on my want list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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