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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3158004, member: 19463"]What we have here is the coin version of an old theological question. Is it 'Greater than which nothing can exist' or 'Greater than which nothing can <i>be conceived</i> to exist'? I suspect that the finest example of this coin will not be perfect in every one of Valentinian's criteria (and my one). Certainly Svarog's coin is the best Harpe I have seen (Grade A all the way!) but ranks B or C in all the others. I suspect a coin with straight B levels on them all might well be the best overall coin that actually exists. It is very hard for a coin to be bold on all four compass directions. I wrote a page on the impossibility of grading the crocodile coins of Augustus and Agrippa. The Medusa type would serve just as well for the purpose. Collectors too good for less than absolutely perfect coins <i>should</i> not collect ancients and <i>must</i> not collect the headless Medusa. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a trick. Some cities used larger flans than others. Amisos is the most common but tends to have smaller flans. Finding a perfect, full flan set from all cities is not going to happen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3158004, member: 19463"]What we have here is the coin version of an old theological question. Is it 'Greater than which nothing can exist' or 'Greater than which nothing can [I]be conceived[/I] to exist'? I suspect that the finest example of this coin will not be perfect in every one of Valentinian's criteria (and my one). Certainly Svarog's coin is the best Harpe I have seen (Grade A all the way!) but ranks B or C in all the others. I suspect a coin with straight B levels on them all might well be the best overall coin that actually exists. It is very hard for a coin to be bold on all four compass directions. I wrote a page on the impossibility of grading the crocodile coins of Augustus and Agrippa. The Medusa type would serve just as well for the purpose. Collectors too good for less than absolutely perfect coins [I]should[/I] not collect ancients and [I]must[/I] not collect the headless Medusa. There is a trick. Some cities used larger flans than others. Amisos is the most common but tends to have smaller flans. Finding a perfect, full flan set from all cities is not going to happen.[/QUOTE]
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