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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2490747, member: 19463&quot;]Have any of the RR experts addressed how the coins came to be so varied in workmanship?&nbsp; We are told that moneyers could select designs that honored their ancestors but it also seems that they hired teams of contractors to do the actual production with some using amateur help compared to others.&nbsp; How is it, for example, that the goat biga coins of C. Renius are so regularly on small flans with poor centering while the Medusa/four horses of the sun of Plautius Plancus so often are flatly struck?&nbsp; We realize that bronzes circulated a lot but some of the issues are certainly ragged enough that it appears no one at the mint cared while others are more regularly round and professional.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a serious interest in getting a large collection of really &#039;special&#039; coins in a specialty (not just the EF+ coins that populate big sales) just get the word out that you buy without questioning details like price and condition saving dealers the hassle of cataloging and searching for buyers who want a &#039;deal&#039;.&nbsp; If I had really wanted a large collection of Eastern Severus denarii, I could have made it clear that I&#039;d pay $50 for $20 coins and expect to receive bags every month. I doubt RBW carried a list at shows like I do trying to be sure he didn&#039;t buy things he already had.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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