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Eng, it wasn't cheap. These are quite common but have a large demand that drives the price up for good examples as I am sure you know. I paid 160 for it.
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Thanks, that's about the price of the one I'm looking at,have seen them for way more money...  ... |
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Yep. I have been looking for this one for quite some time. I felt this one was a good compromise between price and quality.
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Well, you know me and how I hunt down a good deal. Suffice it to say I didn't pay near as much for either of mine. Personally, I think it is a matter of patience in the hunt.
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Bing => yah, but there are a few too many patient old hunters that sit around the fire and talk about the great coins that got away ... My Great Grandfather (stevex2Moose) was a firm believer in using two arrows to secure a good meal, rather than waiting for many cold and hungry moons in the bush for that perfect one arrow shot!!  |
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My Great Grandfather (stevex2Moose) was a firm believer in using two arrows to secure a good meal, rather than waiting for many cold and hungry moons in the bush for that perfect one arrow shot!! But when stevexMoose ran out of arrows - no more food. |
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Great Grandfather also told many tales about stumbling across the bones of many hunters who must have starved or frozen to death while waiting for that one perfect shot ... NOTE => tears would occasionally well-up in Great Grandfather's eyes as he explained the untimely demise of his good friend jwhungry (it was quite sad) ...  |
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that's a great coin, I love those! I have one that is in poor condition, but that in one fine lookin' bovine you have there.
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MartiVltori, I went to my club tonight, we have a coin dealer that has a lot of Ancient's..any way I picked up that Julian bull...  ..... Its the same coin you got, Wow...almost..... Julian ll 360 - 363 AD. AE1 follis Nicomedia 29mm x 8.40 g. Obv. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right... Rev. Bull standing right, with two stars above.. NIKB....ric 411 c38... also I picked it up for $130...   |
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Nice coin Eng. But $130? Wow. Here is mine I paid $50 including the shipping. It's not from Nicomedia, but rather from Constantinople. Maybe that's the difference?  Edited by Bing
07/26/2012 08:30 am
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I wonder what it is about this Julian Bull type that makes it so popular with folks e.g. Emperor, Bull, overall design, rarity, size, metal? Has it always been a popular coin? Do you think it was a popular coin in it's day, AD 360? Were there some coin types that were just not popular back then, like our recent Susan B. Anthony dollar today? |
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Gratz Eng! Nice coin.
JW, you got a great deal. The CONS coins are normally still just as expensive. The price you got on yours is certainly the exception and not the norm. I would be more inclined to say "Wow" about the price you paid and not the other way around.
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Thank you guys.. the info off the coin has this attributed as ric 411...when I went on wildwinds, it looks like ric 121, which is the same as yours......Plam branch NIKA..dot branch. most of these coins on WW sold for over $300 , Cons sold for over $400....not to say mine is a $300 coin...I feel I got a pretty good deal....
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Doucet, I think the main attraction to this coin is the reverse type.
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