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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1924713, member: 19463&quot;]I fully agree with AJ&#039;s statement on this.&nbsp; Some coins, certainly this, have some details that are more important than others.&nbsp; I really value the lion&#039;s tongue and the snake&#039;s head.&nbsp; I&#039;d really prefer the front paws to the rear.&nbsp; If everything were on flan, I&#039;d start getting picky on what was crowded and what had a bit of space to spare.&nbsp; The poster child for this is the Athenian tetradrachm which almost never has the complete crest of the helmet.&nbsp;&nbsp; I really, really hold it against a coin that cuts off the tip of Athena&#039;s nose but can live with a coin that is missing much crest.&nbsp; It is always dangerous to use words like &#039;perfect&#039; because someone will come up with a coin that is a bit &#039;more perfect&#039; (this term is almost as offensive as &#039;uniquest&#039;).&nbsp; We probably would have seen the same price realized if the seller had said &#039;exceptionally pleasing centering&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]331146[/ATTACH] </p><p>Let me point out that my stater is better than AJ&#039;s in two respects.&nbsp; One is that rear paw and one is the snake head detail (because mine is an earlier style when they were into snake heads).&nbsp; Now two out of a hundred points is not bad and will keep me from asking AJ if he wants to trade. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]331147[/ATTACH] </p><p>Also see my little hemidrachm which really is perfectly centered because it touches the edge to just about the same degree with every part of the critter.&nbsp; As AJ pointed out, there is a difference from perfectly complete.&nbsp; In truth, I bought this coin because it was so well centered but I would probably be happier with it if it had a gap at the nose and tail points and lost a tiny bit of back foot.&nbsp; Perhaps there is room for a concept of &#039;slightly better than perfect&#039;???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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