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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 3337788, member: 86498"]I am not so sure. Pictures are nice but at the end of the day they are two dimensional images of a three dimensional object. I remember looking at a tetradrachm of Rhegion signed by Kratesippios that was in a Bertolami (then ACR) auction. The coin was in rather poor shape but looking at the lions head I was struck by how the expression on the lions face changed as I changed the angle of the coin as I was looking at it. I have seen some coins that look really different when looked at from an angle. (the later Rhodian tetradrachms come to mind). It is useful to have at least a few coins in hand to form a reference sample to compare with what you can see in a picture. As to one of the other threads within this discussion I would probably prefer to have a really exceptional denarius with an interesting reverse, than an aureus that grades as a fine. Better yet I might like to have a sestertius with an interesting reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 3337788, member: 86498"]I am not so sure. Pictures are nice but at the end of the day they are two dimensional images of a three dimensional object. I remember looking at a tetradrachm of Rhegion signed by Kratesippios that was in a Bertolami (then ACR) auction. The coin was in rather poor shape but looking at the lions head I was struck by how the expression on the lions face changed as I changed the angle of the coin as I was looking at it. I have seen some coins that look really different when looked at from an angle. (the later Rhodian tetradrachms come to mind). It is useful to have at least a few coins in hand to form a reference sample to compare with what you can see in a picture. As to one of the other threads within this discussion I would probably prefer to have a really exceptional denarius with an interesting reverse, than an aureus that grades as a fine. Better yet I might like to have a sestertius with an interesting reverse.[/QUOTE]
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