A favourite Republican

Yeah, I'm with you on that.

 

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I still need one with snakes. It's one of those coins requiring compromises and mine is a wee hint of porosity.

 

It's a really tough type. I was very pleased with mine when I bought it because it is unusually complete with an especially delicate, elegant reverse die with no flatness; discovering the provenance was a nice bonus. It's been ungrowing on me ever since though because of the obverse die rust and the indifferent reverse strike. I suppose if an unquestionably better example came on the market I'd have to take a shot at an upgrade, but I haven't seen one since I bought this in Lanz over 20 years ago. Anyway, I need the variety without snakes; I'd rather go after that all things being equal.

 

I am sure the OP coin will keep you very happy for as long as it takes to find an upgrade like @Volodya's! (Which will be a long time... but when the time comes I will be happy to take the other one off your hands!)

Some stunning examples in this thread, thanks for posting.

 

To me the OP coin and following posts of this coin exemplifies the artistic mastery of the Romans. Great coins everyone.

 

I recently picked up one of these. My main criteria were: 1) doesn't cost an arm and a leg, 2) a nice mean looking gorgon, and 3) a lovely (dare I say sexy?) Aurora. This one made the cut. And I think the only reason it passed criterion (1) is that once you get beyond (2) and (3), its failures are fairly dramatic: off centre and some flat areas, resulting in an especially poor showing on the horses. Ah well. Even if I drop criterion (1) I suspect it will be a while before I can upgrade.

 

A type I would love to own, even off center like that.

Nice grab, SA.

That Gorgon would be a perfect Halloween mask!

 

Me too!

 

I was imagining it was @TIF staring down an approaching hurricane...