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It may be a limit within the limits of the first free 30 days that will probably be raised after we move to the larger format when we'll pay for it. I'm a member of another forum using the same platform, where it seems there's not limit (AFAIK) to the attachments I have a similar concern about the number of PMs where it says I've already used 6% of my messenger storage. Q

I'm not going to resign, but I will post more reluctantly I guess, and under my avatar my mood has gone from amused to heartbroken I've been a member there since 2003 : back then the forum was the less funny thing after an enema 😄 . That was long before the crazy 88 (including Steve and many others) invaded (in a good way) the forum, long before the ancient coin section was created and the place to become what it's been for the last decade. However, and even though I've constantly contributed to the boards (and invested time and efforts too), I've always felt being kind of a guest, mainly because the standards are different in my country than in the US on what is porn and what isn't, on what is political and what isn't. The first time was when people have started to show off their guns and rifles (in the "picture the poster" thread) which here in France is felt far more offensive than tits and butts, especially on coins or statues. For those reasons I never commited myself to commenting and showing my disagreement. The climax has been reached recently following @Furryfrog02's ban and its sad consequences. That said, my avatar has always been very political, although on a symbolic level 😄 Q

Great write up and coin @Sulla80 I guess it's time to throw in my two bosporan staters (many of you have seen them on another forum (can't type the C word 😉 )) Bosporan kingdom - Sauromates II & Septimius Severus – El stater, dated 491 (194-195 CE) BACIΛΕωC CAVPOMATOV (anticlockwise). Draped and diademed bust of Sauromates II right Laureate head of Septimius Severus right. Star in right field. Retrograd VPA at exergue (year 491) 7,69 gr – 20 mm Ref : MacDonald # 502/2, Sear # 5476 v Bosporan kingdom - Rhescuporis II & Caracalla - El stater, dated 513 (216-217 CE) BACIΛΕωC ΡHCKOΥΠOΡIΔOC (anticlockwise). Draped and diademed bust of Rhescuporis II right, before, trident. Laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right. ΓΙΦ at exergue (year 513) 7,63 gr – 18 mm Ref : MacDonald # 556/3 Q

Nice beards so far Postumus : Marius : Victorinus : Tetricus : Q

Sextus Pompeius and Q. Nasidius, Denarius - Mint moving with Sextus Pompeius, Sicily, 42-39 BC NEPTVNI, head of Pompey the great right, trident before head, dolphin below Q.NASIDIVS at exergue, galley sailing right, star in upper field 3.92 gr Ref : HCRI # 235, RCV # 1390, Crawford # 483/2, Sydenham # 1350, Cohen # 20 Ex Freeman & Sear, Ex Barry Feirstein collection (NAC auction # 42/279) Ex Roma Numismatics Next : someone from the pompeian party Q

Great acquisitions @Kazuma78 I'm awaiting two coins from the last Leu auction (ex Adrian Lang collection) stuck at the customs as of late. I will post them as soon as they arrive Q

I remember very well when it happened and how sad you were. Brave dog as it seems Mine is obviously where it all started for roman silver Q

Agreed ! Q

Drusus has been on my list for years. Finding thé right one at the right price is another story... Neat coin David Q

I do 😀 Q

I'm pretty sure @Severus Alexander has a cool crab to show 😀

Wow, that's a beauty Q

Oh ! you still have the picture ! Naughty you 😄 Q

I am the frogless frogeater here 😞 Q

No MS+ examples, a few british crowns though Q

OK, now french royal Charles VI, blanc guenar : Charles VII (yes the one involved with joan of Arc) Q

Nice to see you here too David Q

Diana Lucifera being a subset of mine (one out of too many) I can pile on a few Q

Wow, that's the kind of pile-on thread I like. Unfortunately I can't contribute with strictly greek ones apart from the owl my dear wife gifted me with However I can add a couple of parthian tets and a bunch of syrophenicians : Orodes II : Phraates IV : Q

This is where you force me to contribute with my Dombes coins 😄 You must be aware I have 300+ of them... be prepared ! Louis II de Montpensier (1560-1582), Teston - 1575 - Atelier de Trévoux LVDOVI . D . MONTISP . D . DOMBAR Buste cuirassé a gauche, + sous le buste + DNS . ADIVT . ET . REDEM . MEVS . 1574 Ecu de Bourbon couronné, dans le champ deux lambdas couronnés. Les N sont rétrogrades 9.45 gr Ref : Divo Dombes # 31, PA # 5113v, Mantellier - Q

My Lizzy 6 pence Q

My avatar coin : Next : a roman didrachm (heavy denarius according to a certain @Alegandron 🙂 ) Q

Thanks for posting these folks. Another black toning I quite like too : not just the white color matters 😄 Q

I would certainly not even try to challenge this marvelous as with mine (I still remember being defeated by Sev's hockeypuck in another life), but anyway I quite like it too 🙂 Q

Nice to see you here @Orfew And what pleases me the most is to see here so many people I would have imagined moving in such a saddening situation Q