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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1838268, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with AJ&#039;s points but will differ a bit here and there on some specifics since I like the Archaics better than he does and am less impressed by some of the later Classicals.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do, however, draw a line between style and types.&nbsp; I appreciate well done dies within a specific issue and hold contempt for poor dies in some of the &#039;high art&#039; types.&nbsp; Most dealers and collectors act like style is a matter of Greek being better and late Roman being worse but I consider that like comparing Picasso to Rembrandt rather than distinguishing the best and worst of each.&nbsp; A few examples:</p><p>The worst style coin I have is probably this Antioch, Pisidia, of Claudius II.&nbsp; The cutter might be called charming by some but I&#039;ll call him a hack.&nbsp; If there is such a thing as so bad it is good.&nbsp; This is it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]304955[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is the same design from the same city a few years earlier (you can name the ruler, right?) but I consider the portrait good compared to the Roman equivalents I do not own.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]304956[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I always loved the portrait on this Caracalla sestertius but there are many other dies of the kid that fall short of this one, IMHO.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]304957[/ATTACH] </p><p>There are many, many Septimius Severus portraits in my collection.&nbsp; From Rome I like these two from 193 AD best but neither is really typical of that mint and time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]304958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]304959[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Late Romans with the huge number of mints have style variations from mint to mint and within each mint.&nbsp; I have favorite mints from a style point of view but usually have coins of less favorite mints that strike me as being done better and vice-versa. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the coins I have might be described as &#039;good style for....&#039;.&nbsp; We realize that some coins are less than great style compared to the high Greeks but we do the best we can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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