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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volodya, post: 3343788, member: 19615&quot;]I haven&#039;t been posting here lately, but I can&#039;t resist sharing a coin I won in Triton XXII: lot 852, Crawford 394/1a, a denarius struck by C. Postumius in 73 BC. This is a common enough coin and I have a couple of perfectly acceptable examples of the variety already, so, although I&#039;d noted it in my catalogue as being exceptionally nice, I hadn&#039;t really considered bidding on it. I seldom have an opportunity to upgrade a coin in my collection and my mind doesn&#039;t generally work that way. This time though...</p><p><br /></p><p>I was sitting at the auction between two Coin Talk members (whose secret identities are safe with me, but who can reveal themselves if they care to, lol.) They were a bit bored and eager for activity in their neighborhood, so they twisted my arm (not quite literally, but close enough!) until I agreed to try for it. Let&#039;s just say I’m very very glad I did. The obverse is certainly nice enough, problem-free and perfectly struck from a very fresh die, but the engraving itself is pretty pedestrian. The reverse is what makes the coin truly special. I’ve never seen this kind of detail on the type; you can count the dog’s ribs, trace the muscles in its legs, comb the hair on its back and rump and take a nail-clippers to its claws. Really quite astonishing; you could use this coin in a class on dog anatomy. Honestly, I didn’t know a coin like this existed or even <i>could</i> exist. CNG&#039;s photo follows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phil Davis</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://pro.coinarchives.com/03820ab4f63c78eb19d3bb521f3fabdd/img/cng/110/image00852.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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