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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4148300, member: 19463"]They did! Thank you for the good thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My unsold pickup was passed over, I suspect, due to the ragged edge which wrecked the goat horns. This type seems rather frequently poorly stuck on smaller than we wish flans. The goat horns are an important part of the interest of this coin (one I have wanted for a long time). Otherwise, the coin has a lot of detail including the whole wheel on the biga and a decent obverse centering. The coin has a rather dark tone which I prefer to the current polished silver fad. </p><p>C. Renius c.138 BC AR denarius / Juno Caprotina (Goat lady)</p><p>This was one of the first types that showed some originality after the long run or Dioscuri and horse drawn chariot reverses. Certainly I would have preferred a coin with better horns but it is still a decent specimen. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071915[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4148300, member: 19463"]They did! Thank you for the good thoughts. My unsold pickup was passed over, I suspect, due to the ragged edge which wrecked the goat horns. This type seems rather frequently poorly stuck on smaller than we wish flans. The goat horns are an important part of the interest of this coin (one I have wanted for a long time). Otherwise, the coin has a lot of detail including the whole wheel on the biga and a decent obverse centering. The coin has a rather dark tone which I prefer to the current polished silver fad. C. Renius c.138 BC AR denarius / Juno Caprotina (Goat lady) This was one of the first types that showed some originality after the long run or Dioscuri and horse drawn chariot reverses. Certainly I would have preferred a coin with better horns but it is still a decent specimen. [ATTACH=full]1071915[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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