[Ancients] Look what the Befana brought me...

At that price I might try to get a copy in a few months, but certainly not now, I'm bidding on coins!

I feel that I would use them in conjunction Doug, I'd really like the plates of Curtis, but the history in Milne is indispensable.

 

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very cool.

when i was 14 i could have given a grand review of all the curret fart jokes....that' s about it.

i suppose i could still work on that?

 

*stevex6 self edit*

 

PRAISE THE LORD! (totally serious)

 

BTW here are the year four pages, stupid software won't let me upload files to conversations.





I'll just stop posting now...

 

Thanks. I hope all who might care get some good out of seeing these sample pages. Note how many coins come in several legend spacings as well as several minor variations in the legend itself. As I mentioned, I only have one Philip in hand and a second enroute. My year 4 is Elpis left as in 3650 through 3653 but my coin lacks both the E and the B in EVCEB so the obverse legend pages must continue on the next page defining C3 and C4. Again, I'm too general a collector to need all the versions but this does show the need actually to own the book if you are going to ID coins properly. To me the value of such a listing is pointing out what was issued rather than telling me whether I have a 3652 0r 3653. I wonder if I am correct that these variations are just examples of running out of room (failure to plan ahead) or if there was some meaning to the different variations (like team one used legend C1 and team 2 used C2 etc.???).

 

It's the C3 legend Doug, in the C series the obverse legends end like this:
C1 EVCEB, C2 EVCE, C3 EVC, C4 EV, C5 E.

So that makes your coin 3652.

 

Thank you. Let me know if you want something looked up in a book I have that you don't.

 

Postman today brought the coin I was expecting. I still find no evidence of it being listed combining this obverse and reverse. I notice what I believe may be a faint remnant of a worn medusa head on the breastplate. I like the style of the portrait with or without medusa and listed or not.

 

Dattari (Savio) 4874 has the same obv legend and same reverse, but a different legend break. It is not clear from the plates if there is a Medusa on the cuirass.

 

=> I couldn't agree more (great lookin' coin!!)