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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Very nice coins, thanks for the pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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My theory in shopping is to go for the best coin at the nicest price. But I wish some first century asses might distract me !
Galerius has some brown "schmutz" that will almost certainly come off with careful conservation.
I rather expect my brother (Marcvs Oblivivs) will have at it though.
He has been ogling my folli of late. I told him he might pick a few .....
I rather suspect he will choose this one.
Easy come ....... easy go
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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He has been ogling my folli of late. Hmm, now there's a sentence you don't see everyday. |
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Galerius looks so cute and furry on that coin. Is it bad that I want to hug a Roman Emperor?  Edited by Augustus Maximus
05/09/2015 7:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hugging is fine. Just don't oogle his folli.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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For the condition, well bought.
Congratulations.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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very nice, full legend and sharp details
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Your Galerius does indeed look nice and I also think it has the potential to be much nicer. You are correct to assume both coins are from London and you did good at $38. The prices of these seem to vary a lot on ebay atm. I've paid £100 and then I've paid £20 a few weeks later for a very similar coin. Sadly I think this is the only coin I've bought this year so far (sellers pics). As you know my area of interest is now very narrow.   It has surface issues but is nicely silvered and the dreaded green seems stable. I picked it up for a very pleasing £22 shipped. Mine is from Lugdunum and slightly earlier than your two. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ah the man I was waiting for ! The specialist !
I am very glad you like them and happier yet to get your attribution.
Yes indeed yours is a lovely little silvered gem !
I believe I recognize the coin too !
I am almost certain that I made a bid on it but sometimes a little voice tells me to lay back.
Yes some very nice tetrarchy Folli have been seen lately. I have bought around 10 I think.
Very hard to pass on
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just checked my didn't win list and there it is !
Believe it or not I suspected you were on this one and I laid back.
Methinks two fellas in Gaul made nice a find.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Just incase you wanted it for your records your first coin is RIC VI London 6b (approx 300AD) and your second is most likely a RIC VI London 15, its neck is a little shorter than normal but I would say its a 15 rather than a 22. Quote:
Just checked my didn't win list and there it is !
Believe it or not I suspected you were on this one and I laid back. I'm very glad you did, I often wonder when I'm bidding if I'm accidentally bidding up someone from the forum. Nothing worse than bidding up someone you know! As I said earlier it is my only coin of the year so far! Quote:
Yes some very nice tetrarchy Folli have been seen lately. I have bought around 10 I think. This is very true, so many nice coins coming out of a few French dealers atm, I suspect a large collection has been sold off recently and much of it has filtered through to ebay. Lots of 'oddities' have also been turning up, the sorts of things a serious collector would pick up over a number of years and keep. I've enjoyed checking them out but most of them have been selling for 'all their money' so I have not bid on many, if only I could win the lottery :) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I posted 5 awhile ago. One was a fantastic Constantius with a fabulous cuirassed bust. The first time I have broken the $50 mark for this type. The rest were around $35 ! That's what I paid back in the 80's !
FORTVNA REDUX !!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I suspect a large collection indeed. And quite old too. One might even call the collection ancient ?
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Posted 05/09/2015 6:58 pm
