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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1961169, member: 42773&quot;]One of the things I appreciate about collecting Roman coins is the seemingly endless engraving varieties. Here&#039;s a very common follis of Maximinus, and it&#039;s in nice shape to be sure, but what drew my eye to the coin was the fruit in the cornucopia. I&#039;m assuming they&#039;re pomegranates. I looked through a dozen or so examples of this type, and didn&#039;t come across anything similar. Evidently this was one engraver&#039;s little bit of personal detail. (I also haven&#039;t collected one of these Head-of-Serapis coins yet, so it crosses a type I&#039;ve been wanting off the list.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346037[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone else have interesting engraving variations they&#039;d like to share, that is, not official changes in the coins, but examples that show the artistic license of the die cutters? I realize that makes for a very broad thread topic but hey, it&#039;s CT. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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