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Virgil H:
I have picked up a few coins lately from Forum, as well as some inexpensive Member's Auction coins. I am getting ready to put this one in my gallery, along with the others, but wanted to post this one here. I rarely buy more than one coin of a particular type and mint (the exception is Phillip II bronze naked horsemen), but here is one where I did. This is a Hoover R1 and a couple months ago I found my first one that is already in my gallery. Then, a few weeks later, it pops up in the Forum store. I had to have it. The first one has the best obverse I have ever seen. The Forum coin below has a wonderful obverse and a better centered reverse than my original. I am happy to have both, they are both great coins. I have a hard time explaining why I love these coins with the bull.
Paphlagonian Kingdom, Pylaimenes III Euergetes, c. 108 - 89 B.C.
Virgil
Tracy Aiello:
Decided to post this wonderful medal in Forum Purchase o’ The Day. This is nowhere near my collecting field but when I saw it in Joe’s shop I simply had to have it.
A centenary silver medal of the Battle of Trafalgar. The medal photo and complete write-up come straight from Joe. I didn’t change a thing.
Hope that you enjoy: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=186314
Tracy
Tracy Aiello:
…and another great Forum Purchase O’ The Day: another medal related to Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson. This one commemorates the wreck of HMS Foudroyant in 1897, Lord Nelson’s flagship from June 6, 1799 until the end of June 1800 (so Wikipedia tells me). This medal was made from the copper that sheathed the ship's hull.
One of the many things that attracted me to this medal was the fact that a former owner (I assume) attached a pendant loop to it. Was it worn for some time around someone’s neck? Such a loop, to me, is evidence that the medal “had a life”, perhaps as someone’s accouterment.
Thanks for looking: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=186328
Tracy
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