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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 2828441, member: 44357"]Great write-up and a beautiful pair of coins! I agree with your portrait aureus being the most aesthetic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although, I'd be surprised if there were that few coins in existence - anecdotally, I've seen quite a few in older catalogs but haven't tried to build a census. I know the ANS has two, Berlin has one, and the BM has at least two. A quick search on CoinArchives shows at least 33 examples (many of which are low grade). I'll need to do a more comprehensive search soon, or perhaps someone has done a die study and has a view into available examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll post a picture of my Caesar denarius when I have access to a computer: I originally consigned it to an auction but it ended up not selling and I've decided to keep it, having been outbid twice when attempting to upgrade. I suppose it never left but I'm happy to have it back![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 2828441, member: 44357"]Great write-up and a beautiful pair of coins! I agree with your portrait aureus being the most aesthetic. Although, I'd be surprised if there were that few coins in existence - anecdotally, I've seen quite a few in older catalogs but haven't tried to build a census. I know the ANS has two, Berlin has one, and the BM has at least two. A quick search on CoinArchives shows at least 33 examples (many of which are low grade). I'll need to do a more comprehensive search soon, or perhaps someone has done a die study and has a view into available examples. I'll post a picture of my Caesar denarius when I have access to a computer: I originally consigned it to an auction but it ended up not selling and I've decided to keep it, having been outbid twice when attempting to upgrade. I suppose it never left but I'm happy to have it back![/QUOTE]
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