Medievals: A Tale of Two Gigliati (poll)

Here are two early-14th century medieval gigliato (grosso) coins of Robert of Anjou, king of Naples, also known as "Robert the Wise". What are your impressions?

Which do you like more overall (if either), and which do you like best for the money (i.e., which seems the better value)?

Coin A is in my watchlist and has been for some time. Though opinions may differ, I personally like this knd of toning and just think this is a really neat looking medieval coin. Recently I decided I might actually buy it the next time some funds came in from a coin sale, but I ended up buying something different. It is still under consideration for the future, however.

Coin B is better struck and perhaps in a bit better grade. Unsurprisingly, it is more expensive. But it costs almost twice as much as Coin A. And at this $220-ish price point, there are many other things (medieval and otherwise) that would probably beckon to me more. (This is a moot point, presently, since do not have that kind of cash to sling around unless and until I sell something.) But I've added this one to the watchlist as well.

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Coin A
Attractive darker grey toning with contrast
Cost = €95.00 ($111.77 USD at time of posting)
King Robert looking serious and scowling sternly



Coin B
Better strike and arguably better grade
Cost = €190.00 ($223.54 USD at time of posting)
King Robert looking happy but perhaps drunk and buffoonish (aren't the quirks of medieval portraiture fun?)

 

We ordered Dominos. That's the only delivery option we have out here in the boondocks. Neither ladymarcovan nor I were in any mood to go out.

 

Yes, good point about the clipping. I did not really notice the difference here until I had both pictures together for comparison. The clipping on Coin A doesn't particularly bother me personally, but it is certainly an important detail I was late in noticing.

 

The extra hundred or so bucks does make a big difference here, actually.

North of $220 for Coin B puts it into a pricerange where there's a lot more other stuff (not one of these) that might be more appealing to me, whereas in the "just over $100" price range Coin A looks reasonably appealing against its similarly-priced competitors for my attention and budget.

Therein lies the dilemma, if it's a dilemma at all. (Not a big one, because at this point it's a purely hypothetical discussion of stuff in my watchlist.)

 

This sort of echoes the thoughts I've had up to this point.

 

Really? Are you talking about Coin A? Where?

 

Thanks. Never heard of those.

Where'd you see tooling?

What's your avatar coin? Looks interesting.

 

Lunch has arrived.

 

Maybe not. Maybe she wasn't the one who voted.

Maybe she'll post so I can give her a Best Answer.