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Looking forward to seeing it cleaned up.

Shame they want to empty it, I would leave it as it. Neat find, either way.

Love the portrait on it.

That's how I felt before covid. I was getting about 15 coins a month, but I guess the monkey must have caught covid, himself and died, because now I don't have the scratching anymore. I have become much more selective since 2020. Last yearm it was 7 coins total, that I acquired. Big difference. And so far, nothing has been acquired this year.

Found this over on Reddit and it suits pretty much any ancient coin forum.

My only Probus tet. Probus (276 - 282 A.D.) Egypt, Alexandria Potin Tetradrachm O: A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: Eagle standing right, head right, wings spread, wreath in beak; L to left, ς to right. Dated RY 6 (280/81 AD) Alexandria Mint 8.19g 20mm Milne 4631. Emmett 3982 (6) R1. Curtis 1872

Valerian II, (256 - 258 A.D.) Egypt, Alexandria Billon Tetradrachm O: P LIK KOR OVALERIANOC KAIC CEB, Draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian right. R: Alexandria wearing mural crown standing left holding bust of Serapis and scepter, L E (Year 5) across fields. 10.35g 22mm Emmett 3763 // Milne 3981 Valerian II (256 - 258 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate and draped bust right. R: IOVI CRESCENNI, Infant Jupiter seated facing on goat (Amalthea) standing right,his right hand raised. Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint 4.34g 23mm RIC 3 RSC 26

"Where did my human foot stool go?, Aahh!, there you are. Think you can hide in this thread." "Get over here, my feet hurt!" Sasanian Kingdom, Shapur I (241-272 A.D.) Sasanian Empire AR drachm O: Bust of Shapur I right, wearing diadem and decorated tiara terminating in eagle head. R: Fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing diadems and mural crowns. 25mm 4.33g Göbl type I/1

Valerian I (253 - 260 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust right. R: FORTVNA REDVX, Mercury standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Antioch Mint, 254 - 255 A.D. 21mm 3.98g RIC V 214; MIR 36, 1561a; RSC 75 Valerian I (253 - 260 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA EXERCIT, Concordia standing left holding patera and double cornucopiae. 21mm 3g RIC 81, Cohen 39; Sear 9929. Valerian I (253 - 260 A.D.) Egypt, Alexandria Billon Tetradrachm O: A K Π ΛI OVAΛEPIANOC EV EVC, Laureate and cuirassed bust right R: Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; L Δ (Year 4, 256/7 A.D.) to upper left. 10.54g 24mm Köln 2867; Dattari (Savio) 5174; K&G 88.28; Emmett 3721.4.

Neat find!

I specialized her for a few years, with my own collection of her coin types. It got pretty big, ended up selling most of it off and kept a few certain ones. I miss collecting her, sometimes. But, tastes change. Lucilla (164 - 182 A.D.) Egypt, Alexandria Billon Tetradrachm O: ΛOVKIΛΛA C–ЄB ANT CЄ ΘV, draped bust right. R: Elpis stdg. l. holding flowers & lifting skirt. LS=6th yr. Alexandria Mint 24mm 11.33g Dattari 3816, Emmett 2473, R5

They all look okay to me.

Good for him. Cancer sucks! Another one we haven't heard from in a long time is John Anthony, anyone know is he is okay?

Quintillus (270 A.D) Æ(S) Antoninianus O: IMP CM AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right. R: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Z in exergue. Rome Mint, 270 A.D. 2.65g 18mm Appleshaw hoard 305; RIC 19 var (cornucopiae)

Thanks for posting, great pics. Looks like it would be fun to had seen. Have you ever seen 1 Byzantine coin that peaked your interest? Sometimes it just takes one to jump into that area of collecting. It did me. But, I don't focus on them.

Poppaea (63 - 65 A.D.) Billon tetradrachm O: NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY, radiate head right. R.ΠOΠΠAIA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, date LI right (year 10). Alexandria mint 63 - 64 A.D. 12.5g 25mm Milne 216, Curtis 132, RPC I 5275, Geissen 157 Ex. Harlen J. Berk

Julius Caesar (February-March 44 B.C) AR Denarius Lifetime Issue O: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR downward to right, DICT PERPETVO upward to left. R: Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left; L • BVC[A] downwards to right. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Rome Mint 3.92g 17mm Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 62–3, 67, and 69 (A13/R22); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23; RBW 1683.

From the photo and the weight, it looks okay.

Robert of Anjou (1309 - 1343 A.D.) AR Gigliato O: + ROBЄRTUS DЄI GRA IЄRL ЄT SICIL RЄX. King enthroned holding sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left, cross at neck. R: + ҺOҺOR RЄGIS IUDICIU DILIGIT., cross fleury with lys in each quarter. 3.85g 24.5mm Naples Mint, Italy Biaggi 1634 MIR (Varesi) 28

Vitellius (69 A.D.) AR Denarius O: A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P,Laureate head right. R: S P Q R / OB / C S in three lines within wreath. Rome Mint, 69 A.D. 3.15g 18.5mm RIC I 83; RSC 86. Vitellius (69 A.D.) Egypt, Alexandria 
Billon Tetradrachm
 O: ΩΛΟΥ ΟΥΙΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΥΤ, laureate head right. 
R: Nike advancing left, holding wreath with her extended right hand and palm frond with her left; LA (date) to left.
 23mm
 12.99g 
RPC 5372; Köln 260-2; Dattari 340; K&G 19.1. Emmett 196.1

That cleaned up nicely.

Does it flake off with a fingernail scrape? If not, than it isn't BD.

Quintillus (270 A.D) Æ(S) Antoninianus O: IMP CM AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right. R: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Z in exergue. Rome Mint, 270 A.D. 2.65g 18mm Appleshaw hoard 305; RIC 19 var (cornucopiae)

That's a wonderful example.