Three RR's from the RBW Collection

Congrats! That is an absolutely fabulous example of the type, especially the obverse. I didn't even bid on that one because I knew it was going to go through the roof but it is well worth what you paid IMHO.

 

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Pompey the Great.

45-44 B.C. AE as (28 mm, 23.42 g, 11 h).
Sicilian mint. [
MA]GN, laureate head of Janus with the features of Cn. Pompeius Magnus
PIVS above, [IMP] in exergue, prow of galley right.
Crawford 479/1; Sydenham 1044a; RPC 671.

 

That's the best example I've seen to date...so I think it's most probably worth whatever you paid for it...

 

Excellent Mercury! Not quite the same as a Mercury dime, which looks more like Roma.

 

I think the "winged liberty" dime is the most attractive of US coins but see below...


wiki-The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1945. Designed by Adolph Weinman and also referred to as the Winged Liberty Head dime, it gained its common name as the obverse depiction of a young Liberty, identifiable by her winged Phrygian cap, was confused with the Roman god Mercury. Weinman is believed to have used Elsie Stevens, the wife of lawyer and poet Wallace Stevens, as a model. The coin's reverse depicts a fasces, symbolizing unity and strength, and an olive branch, signifying peace.

 

cool new RR JA! i've never seen a patina quite like that second coin, neat!

here is my only ex. RBW coin....

 

JA => all three of your new RR additions are fantastic (you're finding some real winners lately)

Oh, and some great thread-additions from the rest of our cool coin gang ...

I happen to have a handful of pretty sweet anonymous AE RR prows as well ...