damn, I'll never remember that word. Thanks for the post, another neat word to add to my failing memory "stylobate" In classical Greek architecture, a stylobate (Greek: στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform on which colonnades of temple columns are placed (it is the floor of the temple).
I stumbled on this photo this morning ... Robec did a great job. This is a 1931-S Daniel Carr restrike -- the series actually ended in 1930. I still think it's one cool deisgn -- why cant the mint produce coins that look like this again?
I just hope they do not screw-up the re-issued designs with laser-etched frosting on the proofs. It would be a tremendous disservice to the artists and their numismatic legacies.
Made an offer on this a couple days ago, and my offer was just accepted can't wait to take my own photos of it
Coin show pickups today I think the 1943 D is a FB. But either way I needed it for my collection. Great chats with some of my friends haha.
Got both of these dirt cheap & both I needed. Maximian, (286 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D.) Æ Follis O: IMP CMA MAXIMIMANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left pouring libation from patera & holding cornucopiae, TSA in ex. THESSALONICA MINT, 298-299 A.D. 27mm 7.66g RIC 19b Phocas (602 - 610 A.D.) Æ Follis O: DN FOCA NE PE AV, Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter. R: Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O Ч/III across field; τHЄUP Antioch Mint,Dated RY 8 (609/10) 28mm 8.7g DOC 90; MIB 84a; SB 672