draped bust emperors

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by ro1974, Mar 17, 2017.

  1. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    i am like draped bust coins, not only for me a stupid head _DSC69f43.jpg d.jpg

    the women do you see more with draped bust

    Commodus do you not see alot in his older years in draped bust. that was more fore the gold ones

    i would buy them more even as antoninius pius vespasian of domitian
     
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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Too bad that top one has such a bad flan crack. It's a nice coin otherwise.
     
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  4. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    crack says to me it is real
     
  5. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    it is more then hunderts year old, for me is it sign for real then is it oke:happy:
    if i am old could i then perfect
     
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  6. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    True
     
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  7. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Not all coins can be perfect. In fact, most aren't. Perfection costs a lot, and most of us mere mortals on budgets can't always afford to be so luxurious.

    Take my Commodus. I love it and wouldn't trade it, but definitely far from perfect.

    Commodus denarius with seated victory.jpg
    Commodus. A.D. 177-192. AR denarius. Rome mint, struck A.D. 179.
    (18.0 mm, 3.47 g, 12 h). Rome mint.
    L AVREL COMMODVS AVG, laureate head right / TR P IIII IMP III COS II P P, Victory seated left, holding patera and palm. RIC 666; BMCRE 801; RSC 775.

    It has a tiny flan chip, two very minor flan cracks, signs of crystallization within the coin, and perhaps even a hint of porosity, some mineral deposits stuck to the surface on the reverse, and when struck the reverse dies were nearing the end of their lives (as evidenced by the weak reverse legend with some lettering almost missing).

    I still don't care. The portrait of Commodus called out to me, and despite the laundry list of defects, I still think it a pretty coin, and in my opinion any average ancients collector would still enjoy it (and even if the rest don't, I could care less. I like it.)
     
  8. BlackBeard_Thatch

    BlackBeard_Thatch Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge

    I honestly think they look good with cracks, gives them character.
     
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