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Check me in to Ancient Roman Coinaholics Anonymous please! Trying to keep from buying for a while (the next coin show in a couple of weeks isn't going to help lol), but ended up purchasing this guy, a Valentinian II AE2 from Antioch (I don't have Val II nor an Antioch coin yet, so double milestone for me again  ). I have it attributed as Antioch RIC 63b. Obv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, emperor rosette-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right Rev: VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing right holding standard & globe, left foot on seated captive, ANTG in exergue Seller's pics:  BTW, is it just me, or does it look like Valentinian on the reverse have a robotic looking lower body (especially the legs)? Edited by VisigothKing
11/05/2011 3:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Good work Jango, your collection must be coming along nicely now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
Very nice pick up. We should all go into group therapy together! I have a Val I and Val II but no Val III. I almost bid on one earlier today, but the coin was not readable so I passed. I may be sorry, but I want coins I can attribute. Anyway, your coin is in great shape and yes, I think he has robotic legs, but I'm not commenting on the entire lower body  |
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 United States
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My Vals II and III are AE4's, it's nice to see a larger AE2. Nice looking coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't think the captive is too happy being stepped on by clawed robot feet lol
Thanks all for your comments!
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Valued Member
Serbia (Srbija)
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Nice terminator II... I mean... Valentinian II
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United States
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Mr. Cyborg Emperor has arrived!  A very nice coin in hand, especially the reverse. I was pretty much astounded at how good it looked! |
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I knew they had contact with aliens  . how else could they know about robots? Edited by jessvc1
11/07/2011 3:50 pm
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Ah now I see why his lower half looks awkward compared to the rest of his body: his upper half is shifted to the right a bit. I hope you guys see what I am talking about Some sort of error or variety?
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Posted 11/05/2011 4:12 pm
