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Very nice details on this coin. He did meet a very bad end.
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I remember when you picked that provincial coin up. Very nice. One of these days I'm going to collect a few provincial coins.
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Great coin Gil-galad. I'm starting to appreciate those with nice centering and complete legends. That's what you want to get is coins with decent legends and centering. It's not always possible though. |
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Yeah, I showed it off when I bought it. I like the 3D effect on the reverse most of all. I like provincial coins because there are so many interesting and differing reverses. With most Imperial coins, the reverses begin to all look much alike as opposed to the provincial coinage. Still, your coin is nicely center and pleasing to look at.
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Gosh - I need a valerian - he's certainly got one of the more interesting back stories. Perhaps get a Shapur too - I see them on ebay every once in a while. And congrats on 50! I'm at a measly 22 logged rulers...I hope I can bring that number up a bit |
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And congrats on 50! I'm at a measly 22 logged rulers...I hope I can bring that number up a bit All in good time, coin brother. I have a low budget and so it's taken over a year to get the coins I have now. But then, these coins have been around for so long. |
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congrats on hitting the big 5-0 GG! i don't have a valarian to post unfortunately.  |
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At nearly 2 years I'm at 57 Roman rulers (Caesars, empresses, etc included), plus 4 Byzantine emperors and 1 (soon to be 2) Germanic ruler, so I think I've done pretty good so far.
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01/05/2013 03:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
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You have done really well. You was here when I first came here and started collecting.
I like a lot of your coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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It wasnt shame they endured it was Shapur!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I think it was both Shame and Shapur I. lol
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Thanks gil-galad  You have pretty cool coins yourself  |
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Alright! The coin arrived and I really like it. In decent condition for a billon coin.  Valerian I Billon Antoninianus OBV: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG. Radiate, draped bust right. REV: VICTORIA AVGG. Victory standing left resting on shield and holding palm. REF: RIC 128C, Cohen 224 23mm, 2.6g Unfortunately, the battery on my digital caliper went dead. It still has the measurement scale on the slide so I used that. |
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MINE!....Both were in my unattributed pile but now reside in flips, thanks to you guys! Valerian I ant. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG / RESTITVT ORIENTIS... RIC 287 (255-256 AD)  RESTITVT ORIENTIS reverse, RIC 287  Edited by Ancientnoob
01/10/2013 9:29 pm
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Both nice coins for low grade. See if you can attribute those to a catalog number.
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