Found My First Ancient Purchase After Being Lost A Few Years! Aurelian Ant!

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paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 03/12/2018 10:58 pm I had misplaced this coin -- the very first ancient I ever purchased -- after moving into my current house in 2005. I've been looking for it for a couple years now but it was eluding me until I opened a box of old arcade tokens I had stuck in the closet and saw this peeking out at me... I bought this coin in New Orleans from a coin shop in 1996. I have forgotten the name of the shop. It's still in its original flip. I wanted to buy a Roman coin and had $50 to spend and decided this was the nicest Roman coin I could get for under $50. It's an AE ant of Aurelian, silvered, with Jupiter, Siscia mint. I think for being in a flip for 20 years it's doing ok! Fortunately it wasn't in PVC! I put it into one of my backgrounds, and then added the card from the flip. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 03/12/2018 11:02 pm Very nice remaining detail. I'm sure many folk misplace things on their way home from NOLA. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 03/12/2018 11:05 pm A very nice first foray into ancients. Glad to read how you excavated it amidst that hoard of arcade tokens. Try to hold onto it this time, Adam. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 03/12/2018 11:08 pm It's now in my book in an envelope snuggled up next to a couple of other Aurelians, none as nice as this one. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 03/12/2018 11:19 pm An almost perfectly centered strike on a pretty round flan. Silvering and details of the design almost wholly intact on both sides. Way better than VF, I'd say. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/12/2018 11:59 pm I'm glad you finally found it. A very nice first coin. Report this Post to the Staff
ancient67 Valued Member France 330 Posts	Posted 03/13/2018 10:54 am Nice story and beautiful coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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