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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7792962, member: 19463"]That is a nice one. Any of these that show detail in Apollo's robe are premium items in my opinion. Most are worn smooth. That detail does vary quite a bit from die to die but I don't recall anyone ever advertising one as special because of clothing variation. My favorite one has been shown here a hundred times so one more won't kill anyone. The coin is plated (front cover) in the late Victor Failmezger's book on <u>Late Roman Bronze Coins</u> </p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/vf.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/vf.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/vf.html</a></p><p>and appeared on my 99 1/2 favorite coins page so, between those two claims to fame, it might be worth every cent it cost me from a Baltimore coin show junk box in 2000. If you believe the used prices, I should have bought a box of books instead of so many coins.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Bronze-Coins-Christianity-D/dp/1932109412" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Bronze-Coins-Christianity-D/dp/1932109412" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Bronze-Coins-Christianity-D/dp/1932109412</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f72.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f72.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f72.html</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337793[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7792962, member: 19463"]That is a nice one. Any of these that show detail in Apollo's robe are premium items in my opinion. Most are worn smooth. That detail does vary quite a bit from die to die but I don't recall anyone ever advertising one as special because of clothing variation. My favorite one has been shown here a hundred times so one more won't kill anyone. The coin is plated (front cover) in the late Victor Failmezger's book on [U]Late Roman Bronze Coins[/U] [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/vf.html[/URL] and appeared on my 99 1/2 favorite coins page so, between those two claims to fame, it might be worth every cent it cost me from a Baltimore coin show junk box in 2000. If you believe the used prices, I should have bought a box of books instead of so many coins. [URL]https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Bronze-Coins-Christianity-D/dp/1932109412[/URL] [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f72.html[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1337793[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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