Faustus Cornelius Sulla.I wrote about this guy in The Numismatist a year or two ago; I'll look for a pdf. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
2004. Cost $182.50.
Indeed rare, but a few have appeared in the last ten years. I believe Carthago has one.
Here's the one you want! Found it on EBay ages ago. [ATTACH]
A few Caesars: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I won this coin in Gemini VIII. That was an auction we (HJB) ran jointly with Heritage in Chicago at the CICF, so the Internet biding was...
Ti. Veturius: [ATTACH]
I hate the term "almost FDC" which we're seeing more and more. I think it really is akin to being "a little bit pregnant." A coin either is FDC or...
These days, I buy almost exclusively from a handful of auctions; really, just NAC and CNG. Every once in a while, maybe one or two coins a year,...
Mint State and FDC aren't really synonymous though, although I agree they often are used that way. The way I use the terms, MS means exactly that:...
I don't love the MS designation for ancients, but every once in a while it can legitimately be applied. A few examples: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
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Of course, everyone has a strong chin compared to the Julio-Claudians.
One more: [IMG]
Some portraits: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and a non-portrait: [ATTACH]
Here's the story... I tried to convince Harlan not to include the "Sulla's Dream" type as one of the 100 Greatest at all. I had various reasons,...
OK, I can't resist posting my dreadful "Sulla's Dream" here, since it's a plate coin in 100 Greatest. That's the best thing it has going for it;...
"I'm not trolling," said every troll everywhere.
A very rare variety of Crawford 222/1; the only die on which Diana holds two torches rather than only a single one: [IMG]
A few more portraits: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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