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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 7798178, member: 101013"]Nice addition! The the portrait is quite expressive. </p><p>I'm not a specialist like you (and Orfew) but more of a generalist I guess, so I'm not always seeing the more rare variants of the more available coins unless specified by the auctioneer. But sometimes, when researching specific specimens of types I'm after, I get lucky. Like with this one, below. I was after a VIC PAR sestertius of L. Verus, and found out that this one is a more scarce variant with some slight drapery. It's however the strong portrait, nicely preserved reverse and overall colour and look of the coin that led me to pull the trigger. The 'scarcity' is an extra bonus. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338939[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 7798178, member: 101013"]Nice addition! The the portrait is quite expressive. I'm not a specialist like you (and Orfew) but more of a generalist I guess, so I'm not always seeing the more rare variants of the more available coins unless specified by the auctioneer. But sometimes, when researching specific specimens of types I'm after, I get lucky. Like with this one, below. I was after a VIC PAR sestertius of L. Verus, and found out that this one is a more scarce variant with some slight drapery. It's however the strong portrait, nicely preserved reverse and overall colour and look of the coin that led me to pull the trigger. The 'scarcity' is an extra bonus. [ATTACH=full]1338939[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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