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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Factor, post: 8329514, member: 96413&quot;]Usually CNG is very good at taking pictures of the coins they list, particularly recently when they started using gray background and taking videos of some coins. The coins typically look as nice as they could be, or at least close to that. So, when I saw this coin in one of their recent auctions I thought wow, this one is really bad, why did the list it? Pitted surfaces, dull gray color with pretty much no highlights, interesting but not a particularly rare type. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476361[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But then, it comes from Jay Galst collection, and it should be a reason why he kept it. So ended up winning it, with very modest bid (10% above estimate is pretty much free nowadays) and was very pleasantly surprised when I got it. In hand, literally, see below, it looks great! No obvious pitting, nice black patina, well accented and bold legend, pretty much as good as you can ask from a provincial coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476362[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1476364[/ATTACH]&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. <i>Trajan Decius. </i></b>AD 249-251. Æ (28mm, 17.42 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / COL / PA FL / AVG F C / CAES ME / TR P S in five lines within laurel wreath. Kadman, <i>Caesarea</i> 159-60; Rosenberger –; RPC IX 2073; Sofaer 127. Brown and green surfaces, minor pitting. Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins that look better than auction pictures![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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