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<p>[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 26523376, member: 91820"]Beautiful site - I know that Septimius struck architectural coins - they are very rare in all metals and it could be that the image is from Lepis - need to check. I posted this coin before but is is apropo I guess - </p><p><br /></p><p>I found another example of this coin in a famous collection but then lost the link and do not recall what the collection was. I am told that the Louvre has the only other example but the Louvre interface for viewing their collection is too difficult to use - as with other museums. The British Museum and Ashmolean are to be congratulated for being user friendly. But others require months of night school! Vatican Museum, for example - assuming it is possible at all - I could not figure it out - same with other famous collections. Why have a huge collection if it is inaccessible?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690586[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690587[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 26523376, member: 91820"]Beautiful site - I know that Septimius struck architectural coins - they are very rare in all metals and it could be that the image is from Lepis - need to check. I posted this coin before but is is apropo I guess - I found another example of this coin in a famous collection but then lost the link and do not recall what the collection was. I am told that the Louvre has the only other example but the Louvre interface for viewing their collection is too difficult to use - as with other museums. The British Museum and Ashmolean are to be congratulated for being user friendly. But others require months of night school! Vatican Museum, for example - assuming it is possible at all - I could not figure it out - same with other famous collections. Why have a huge collection if it is inaccessible? [ATTACH=full]1690586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1690587[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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