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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4124578, member: 84744&quot;]Oooh, burn!&nbsp; I don&#039;t know about you, but I have improved. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (Or were you talking about collectors in general, rather than particular ones?&nbsp; In which case:&nbsp; oooh, double burn!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agree 100%.&nbsp; In particular the field surfaces are amazing (mirror-smooth) &amp; totally untouched.&nbsp; You may be right that Frank would have called it a VF+.&nbsp; Maybe I will write to him and see if he can dig up the old catalogue, though I&#039;m loathe to poach on his time for something that trivial.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another coin issued by Caligula which might be/have been graded VF+ for the same reason, but which has the same superb strike &amp; surfaces.&nbsp; I greatly value pristine surfaces on Roman AE, though I can&#039;t usually afford them.&nbsp; (This one is actually even better than the Vesta because there is no hint of corrosion on the face.&nbsp; Needs a new photo though.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068761[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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