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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3957085, member: 84744"]So this is what counts as a "slow" zumbly year, eh? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> What does a fast year look like?? My favourites are the boar hunt, the harpodile, the Ephesus, the Decius double, the circus scene, the Ambrakia, and the Isis. Erm, well, never mind, all of them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> TIF does a great job of summing up their many virtues. I would add that the faun on #5 is particularly cute.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Umm... I've mentioned the possibility of a visit before, but now I'm thinking maybe we should keep this relationship loooooong distance? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1042386[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This looks to me like a lamination defect - some impurity or porosity in the metal causes a layer of it to shear off. My understanding is that this can happen on fairly pure silver. (But my understanding is minimal... you probably already considered & rejected this possibility?)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>!! Might yours have been issued for the same occasion? Wow!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3957085, member: 84744"]So this is what counts as a "slow" zumbly year, eh? o_O What does a fast year look like?? My favourites are the boar hunt, the harpodile, the Ephesus, the Decius double, the circus scene, the Ambrakia, and the Isis. Erm, well, never mind, all of them. :shy: TIF does a great job of summing up their many virtues. I would add that the faun on #5 is particularly cute. Umm... I've mentioned the possibility of a visit before, but now I'm thinking maybe we should keep this relationship loooooong distance? :eek: [ATTACH=full]1042386[/ATTACH] This looks to me like a lamination defect - some impurity or porosity in the metal causes a layer of it to shear off. My understanding is that this can happen on fairly pure silver. (But my understanding is minimal... you probably already considered & rejected this possibility?) !! Might yours have been issued for the same occasion? Wow!![/QUOTE]
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