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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 6069831, member: 86498&quot;]Every time I look at a coin I have to make an assessment of what the coin is, how well does it fit into what I am trying to achieve, How important it is to the achievement of that goal, and of course cost. I generally like coins with few significant flaws though being that they are ancient coins the whole kaleidoscope&nbsp; of issues are always present. Perhaps it might be best to illustrate my thinking with a coin</p><p>Metapontion Ar Nomos 290-280 BC Obv Head of Herekles left club over far shoulder Rv Grain ear with leaf to left Johnson Class D 4.1 HGC 1067 This coin illustrated.7.95 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1244725[/ATTACH]I will start off with its drawbacks. The coin was very expensive. That was about it for that. As for the plus side</p><p>1. Metapontion is one of the mints that I use in my seminars to illustrate the development of Greek coins. I have a number of coins from this mint ranging in date from 540 BC to 207 BC. Thus it fits very nicely among all my other coins from this mint.</p><p>2. this coin is an outstanding example of early Hellenistic Greek art.</p><p>3. Though it does have a few issues it is overall a problem free coin.</p><p>4. I saw the coin in hand and I thought it had a really strong presence.</p><p>&nbsp;So in total I found a number of reasons to purchase the coin which outweighed its negatives. I do this dance every time I decide that i am interested in a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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