This sort of ridiculous boner used to occur often enough that NGC grading of ancients was a laughing-stock--confusing Elagabalus and Caracalla was...
My example of the OP coin: [ATTACH] Not such a big head on Victory, and a lot of other differences of reverse detail as well. IMO, the two...
My example of the OP type: [ATTACH]
Only one I have a pic of: [ATTACH] My example of the other type is ex Triton I, lot 1180, but I don't have a pic.
Once upon a time I had a Ptolemaic tet... Ptolemy V, sold with the rest of my handful of Greek coins in Gemini XI a couple of years ago: [IMG]
Ex Boyd Collection: [IMG]
I might add to this note that Crawford doesn't entirely reject the possibility that some plated Imperatorial coins are official. He doesn't...
I have some unpublished symbol pairs but I don't have photos. I suppose my rarest "main" type is Q. Cornuficius, Crawford 509/5, struck in Africa...
The scarce variety without the TA monogram; ex Alberto Banti Collection: [IMG]
An exceptional obverse die: [ATTACH]
Oops, sorry, that's the same one I posted. Duplicate image redacted.
A couple of XVIs, all I can find photos of right now: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
They've always seemed like nice guys to me who tried to be honest but were disturbingly clueless about ancient coins. The fact that they didn't...
From the scarce 2nd crescent series, Crawford 137/1, 194-190 BC: [IMG]
You're presumably not a notorious crazy person like I am though!
C. Vibius Varus, 42 BC, Crawford 494/38. Usually, the problems on the reverse (centering; flatness on Hercules' chest; weak strike on club) would...
I also would have expected the OP coin to bring at least $100 + commission for the reasons you state, but for the record, it was unsold earlier...
Heh. Looks more like Cleopatra to my eye. And why not... a Rome mint Cleopatra as would be even more rare and desirable than Zenobia!
Some RR quinarii I don't think I've posted before: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I don't seem to have photos of any of my Salus/snake coins, but I CAN offer a snake: [ATTACH] More worn than most of my coins; best thing about...
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