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Ancient acquisition
Here's my latest:
http://rg.ancients.info/misc/Constantine_II.jpg There's more to it than meets the eye, in hand as well. If anyone comes up with the right answer, they win my eternal admiration. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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"Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... Here's my latest: http://rg.ancients.info/misc/Constantine_II.jpg There's more to it than meets the eye, in hand as well. If anyone comes up with the right answer, they win my eternal admiration. 1) The coin has obviously been whizzed. You can see where the molten metal has built up near the ridges. 2) It has plainly suffered PVC damage from being kept in a rigid, non-flexible, PVC flip. 3) Being Greek, it was probably owned by an abuser-of-little-boys, so it doesn't actually deserve any attention at all - let alone credibility - owing to the association, however vague or tenuous. 4) It's not even Con., anyway. It's probably Julian. 5) Of course, the most egregious anachronism is the traffic lights on the reverse. I mean: *four* lights? What colour was the fourth one, anyway? Not bad huh? All this from a noisy, out-of-focus, motion-blurred (probably mobile-phone-camera) snap. You may withhold the admiration. In some cases, I am more comfortable with contempt. -- Jeff R. |
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On 4/10/2010 8:46 PM, Jeff R. wrote:
Not bad huh? Not bad? Bad, actually. Not even close, including the point you were serious about. But feel free to do your thing and argue this. More later. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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"Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... On 4/10/2010 8:46 PM, Jeff R. wrote: Not bad huh? Not bad? Bad, actually. Not even close, including the point you were serious about. But feel free to do your thing and argue this. More later. "serious about"? What? Which one was that? -- Jeff R. |
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"Jeff R." wrote in message u... "Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... On 4/10/2010 8:46 PM, Jeff R. wrote: Not bad huh? Not bad? Bad, actually. Not even close, including the point you were serious about. But feel free to do your thing and argue this. More later. "serious about"? What? Which one was that? -- Jeff R. Reid is our resident dimbulb. |
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On Apr 10, 8:46*pm, "Jeff R." wrote:
1) The coin has obviously been whizzed. You can see where the molten metal has built up near the ridges. 2) It has plainly suffered PVC damage from being kept in a rigid, non-flexible, PVC flip. 3) Being Greek, it was probably owned by an abuser-of-little-boys, so it doesn't actually deserve any attention at all - let alone credibility - owing to the association, however vague or tenuous. 4) It's not even Con., anyway. *It's probably Julian. 5) Of course, the most egregious anachronism is the traffic lights on the reverse. I mean: *four* lights? *What colour was the fourth one, anyway? Not bad huh? All this from a noisy, out-of-focus, motion-blurred (probably mobile-phone-camera) snap. You may withhold the admiration. In some cases, I am more comfortable with contempt. -- Jeff R. Not bad at all.....I yield to your superior sarcasm. Almost forgot....g |
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On 4/10/2010 8:46 PM, Jeff R. wrote:
4) It's not even Con., anyway. It's probably Julian. Julian? Care to be more specific? Feel free to be serious or not, though it would be more interesting if you were serious. Which Julian? Have a Sear, RIC, or other attribution? And, most relevant to my post, can you offer an view on how this coin might not be how it appears? Or maybe it is how it appears? -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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"Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... On 4/10/2010 8:46 PM, Jeff R. wrote: 4) It's not even Con., anyway. It's probably Julian. Julian? Care to be more specific? Feel free to be serious or not, though it would be more interesting if you were serious. Which Julian? Have a Sear, RIC, or other attribution? And, most relevant to my post, can you offer an view on how this coin might not be how it appears? Or maybe it is how it appears? I was - obliquely - referring to his cousin - the Apostate. Actually, as Phil correctly identified, I was just being sarcastic. You know: - trashing the thread - adding no actual coin-related infomation - posting from the gutter You know the gist. So sorry if you thought I was being serious this time. -- Jeff R. |
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Ancient acquisition
On 4/11/2010 8:23 PM, Jeff R. wrote:
So sorry if you thought I was being serious this time. Why not be serious and communicate some real numismatic content. You jumped in, so let me ask if you see anything about the coin I linked to that's not as it should be. Or maybe you don't go back that far, to ancient Rome. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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"Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... On 4/11/2010 8:23 PM, Jeff R. wrote: So sorry if you thought I was being serious this time. Why not be serious and communicate some real numismatic content. You jumped in, so let me ask if you see anything about the coin I linked to that's not as it should be. Or maybe you don't go back that far, to ancient Rome. I know nothing about the coin you linked to, although the traffic lights do have me worried. -- Jeff R. |
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