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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1847333, member: 57495&quot;]Hot on the heels of Eng&#039;s Nemausus croc coin, mine just arrived in the mail.&nbsp; Where his was his first coin for 2014, mine was my last for 2013.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]308129[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In an earlier thread, I mentioned that soon after I won the auction I re-read the Doug Smith &quot;Impossible to Grade&quot; page featuring this type, and immediately checked off a whole bunch of faults my newly acquired coin had.&nbsp; They&#039;re pretty obvious - Agrippa&#039;s face shoved up against the edge of the flan, crocodile missing the end of its snout, worn legends on the obverse, the M in NEM missing on the reverse, the body and eye of the croc a little flat...</p><p><br /></p><p>On the plus side, there are fairly strong details on the reverse, IMO a really nice portrait of Augustus, a lovely deep green patina, and good surfaces except for a litte bit of pitting.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to try and take a better pic of the coin at some point - the surfaces in particular look better in hand.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>At $320 inclusive of fees, this was in the middle-upper range for this type and definitely not a bargain.&nbsp; Whether or not it&#039;s worth what I paid is probably arguable, but alas I don&#039;t have a larger budget for a more perfect specimen and while these come up for auction quite often, they almost always come with a variety of problems.&nbsp; With all due respect to Doug and his congregation of crocodiles, I&#039;m happy for this to be my one and only coin of this type.&nbsp; Welcome to your new home, little crocodile!</p><p><br /></p><p>And everyone, please be free with your unvarnished thoughts, opinions, and judgements!</p><p><br /></p><p>Z.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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