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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3132306, member: 19463"]Help me understand the use and value of this site. Every so often, I feel the need to show the coin below and warn there is a nicer die duplicate specimen with less core exposure in the marketpace or at least was back in the 1990's the last time I saw it. Twice, I notified different sellers that both coins are fourree and the coin was pulled from a sale. I assume the consignor took it elsewhere and sold it as solid. I am not sure it is in Price or if it should be. My coin is centered low losing the date in exergue but the other one is a die duplicate and shows OE (year 65) as I remember (I wish I had saved the image) which would make my coin fall between 3402 and 3403. If I was wrong and it did not read OE, it was OϚ (year 66) which was at the time boxy looking like an E missing the center bar. </p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3403" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3403" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3403</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]799048[/ATTACH] </p><p>The authors of the Pella page hid from my eyes any indication of what made the coins dated OϚ different from the preceding several numbers each with diferent dates in exergue. They describe all the obvious details like the eagle and tree but make you look at the photos to see the dates??? Where on your coin's page</p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3389" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3389" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3389</a></p><p>do they tell you that those two letters in exergue are the date? </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of work went into Pella. There is a lot of good to be found there but the term user friendly does not come to mind. There are several Price numbers without photos. How is the user to know what that coin might look like when the description stops with the copying of the description that fits them all? </p><ul> <li>Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand</li> <li>Deity: <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=deity_facet:%22Zeus%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=deity_facet:%22Zeus%22" rel="nofollow">Zeus</a></li> <li>Legend: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ</li> <li>Symbol: <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=symbol_rev_leftField_facet:%22palm-tree%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=symbol_rev_leftField_facet:%22palm-tree%22" rel="nofollow">palm-tree</a><i> (Left Field)</i></li> <li>Symbol: <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=symbol_rev_beneathThrone_facet:%22monogram%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=symbol_rev_beneathThrone_facet:%22monogram%22" rel="nofollow">monogram</a><i> (Beneath Throne)</i></li> </ul><p>All this is part of the hobby. It is part of why we suggest buying from people you know and trust.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3132306, member: 19463"]Help me understand the use and value of this site. Every so often, I feel the need to show the coin below and warn there is a nicer die duplicate specimen with less core exposure in the marketpace or at least was back in the 1990's the last time I saw it. Twice, I notified different sellers that both coins are fourree and the coin was pulled from a sale. I assume the consignor took it elsewhere and sold it as solid. I am not sure it is in Price or if it should be. My coin is centered low losing the date in exergue but the other one is a die duplicate and shows OE (year 65) as I remember (I wish I had saved the image) which would make my coin fall between 3402 and 3403. If I was wrong and it did not read OE, it was OϚ (year 66) which was at the time boxy looking like an E missing the center bar. [url]http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3403[/url] [ATTACH=full]799048[/ATTACH] The authors of the Pella page hid from my eyes any indication of what made the coins dated OϚ different from the preceding several numbers each with diferent dates in exergue. They describe all the obvious details like the eagle and tree but make you look at the photos to see the dates??? Where on your coin's page [url]http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3389[/url] do they tell you that those two letters in exergue are the date? A lot of work went into Pella. There is a lot of good to be found there but the term user friendly does not come to mind. There are several Price numbers without photos. How is the user to know what that coin might look like when the description stops with the copying of the description that fits them all? [LIST] [*]Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand [*]Deity: [URL='http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=deity_facet:%22Zeus%22']Zeus[/URL] [*]Legend: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ [*]Symbol: [URL='http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=symbol_rev_leftField_facet:%22palm-tree%22']palm-tree[/URL][I] (Left Field)[/I] [*]Symbol: [URL='http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=symbol_rev_beneathThrone_facet:%22monogram%22']monogram[/URL][I] (Beneath Throne)[/I] [/LIST] All this is part of the hobby. It is part of why we suggest buying from people you know and trust.[/QUOTE]
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