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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4058343, member: 96898"]That depends on a number of points, for example:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. How expensive would an example in better condition be? I wouldn't buy a $5 LRB with significant wear since I can afford to buy an extremely attractive $30 example at the next opportunity that arises. At the same time, I am happy with my current Julius Caesar elephant denarius, which has some obvious (but in my eyes forgiveable) flaws, because a significantly better example would cost more than I am currently willing and able to pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062832[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, Imperatorial Coinage, Julius Caesar, AR denarius, 49–48 BC, military mint moving with Caesar. Obv: [CA]ESAR; elephant walking r., trampling snake. Rev: priestly implements: culullus, aspergillum, axe, apex. 20mm, 3.70g. Ref: RRC 443/1.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>2. How rare is the type? It would be great to have a better example of the Brandenburg denar below, mostly because it's the only medieval coin showing a crossbow (actually, it even shows two of them). Yet, these coins are notoriously hard to find, so I bought the most acceptable example I could find in quite a while of looking out for one. At this level of almost esoteric rarity I am willing to make compromises.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062831[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Margraviate of Brandenburg, under House Wittelsbach, Otto V, denar, ca. 1365–1373, uncertain mint. Obv: margrave standing facing, holding two crossbows. Rev: ornamented triangle with trefoils and pellets. 16mm, 0.69g. Ref: Bahrfeldt 692; Dannenberg 252.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">3. Are we talking about ugly rough surfaces, missing parts of the main design, or other disfiguring wear? Or is the wear pattern attractive and the damage maybe even interesting? In the latter case, I don't really mind that much at all. Below is an example of what I consider attractive wear and another one of interesting "damage."</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1062833[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font size="3">Faustina the Younger, Roman Empire, sestertius, ca. 161–164 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [F]AVSTINA AVGV[STA], diademed portrait right. Rev: IV[NONI] REGINAE, S-C, Iuno standing left with patera and sceptre, peacock left. 30mm, 27g. Ref: RIC III, 1651.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1062834[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: C. Norbanus, AR denarius, 83 BC, Rome mint. Obv: C. NORBANVS; head of Venus, diademed, r.; to l., control number LXXIII; banker’s mark: cornucopia? Rev: ear of wheat, fasces, and caduceus. 19mm, 3.53g. Ref: RRC 357/1b. Ex Bing collection.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4058343, member: 96898"]That depends on a number of points, for example: 1. How expensive would an example in better condition be? I wouldn't buy a $5 LRB with significant wear since I can afford to buy an extremely attractive $30 example at the next opportunity that arises. At the same time, I am happy with my current Julius Caesar elephant denarius, which has some obvious (but in my eyes forgiveable) flaws, because a significantly better example would cost more than I am currently willing and able to pay. [ATTACH=full]1062832[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, Imperatorial Coinage, Julius Caesar, AR denarius, 49–48 BC, military mint moving with Caesar. Obv: [CA]ESAR; elephant walking r., trampling snake. Rev: priestly implements: culullus, aspergillum, axe, apex. 20mm, 3.70g. Ref: RRC 443/1.[/SIZE] 2. How rare is the type? It would be great to have a better example of the Brandenburg denar below, mostly because it's the only medieval coin showing a crossbow (actually, it even shows two of them). Yet, these coins are notoriously hard to find, so I bought the most acceptable example I could find in quite a while of looking out for one. At this level of almost esoteric rarity I am willing to make compromises. [ATTACH=full]1062831[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Margraviate of Brandenburg, under House Wittelsbach, Otto V, denar, ca. 1365–1373, uncertain mint. Obv: margrave standing facing, holding two crossbows. Rev: ornamented triangle with trefoils and pellets. 16mm, 0.69g. Ref: Bahrfeldt 692; Dannenberg 252. [SIZE=4]3. Are we talking about ugly rough surfaces, missing parts of the main design, or other disfiguring wear? Or is the wear pattern attractive and the damage maybe even interesting? In the latter case, I don't really mind that much at all. Below is an example of what I consider attractive wear and another one of interesting "damage."[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4][ATTACH=full]1062833[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Faustina the Younger, Roman Empire, sestertius, ca. 161–164 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [F]AVSTINA AVGV[STA], diademed portrait right. Rev: IV[NONI] REGINAE, S-C, Iuno standing left with patera and sceptre, peacock left. 30mm, 27g. Ref: RIC III, 1651. [ATTACH=full]1062834[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, moneyer: C. Norbanus, AR denarius, 83 BC, Rome mint. Obv: C. NORBANVS; head of Venus, diademed, r.; to l., control number LXXIII; banker’s mark: cornucopia? Rev: ear of wheat, fasces, and caduceus. 19mm, 3.53g. Ref: RRC 357/1b. Ex Bing collection.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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