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Canada
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From their current eAuction see this coin and description http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=237502"barely noticeable hole in center obscuring a few insignificant details!"  I definitely agree with their description truly an insignificant hole |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd love to know the story behind that coin!
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Perhaps they will sell the punched-out section of the coin separately and describe it as having a few insignificant bits shaved off the edges?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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at first I thought it was a picture of one of those celtic ring "proto-coin" tings....that's is very funny.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Minimum bid $60 ? They are grading this in VF condition ?
They should save a few 'puffs' for the rest of us ......
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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CNG starts all of their 'low' auctions at 60 bucks. A lot of them are nice to look at though.
They also seem to get more and more smoothed and tooled AEs so I try to stay away from those. At least they note that it has been tooled which is better than some
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Moderator
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I laughed even BEFORE I opened the link!
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Valued Member
Canada
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No bids! Only 14 days remaining. Be the first on your block to acquire this unique item with "Unusual Modication". Made my day!  |
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United States
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Holed ancients are pretty common, but this one is way out there.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I am assuming it will get some bids CNG is a big name in ancient auction houses. The bidding only opened yesterday.
The last auction they had a bunch of Geta damnatio pieces that sold way out of my price range.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Its very nearly a whole hole  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Wierd.
Inner diameter would be too small to have been used as a finger ring, unless for a child.
Maybe because Jovian didn't last long, a forger thought to sut out the bust/reverse type to reuse in making a fake mould?
Or one of Julian II's staunch supporters did this to the coin as a mark of contempt, maybe a curse on Jovian?
If so, it worked. He died before reaching Constantinople, after ruling for just over 7 months.
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Posted 07/10/2013 7:09 pm
