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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3460124, member: 76194&quot;]It&#039;s been a slow year for me....4 months in and only 4 coins acquired. ButI feel like I&#039;ve matured collection wise, and I&#039;m no longer a newbie buying just to buy because I don&#039;t have too many coins. Rather, my tastes are a little more specific and I prefer to wait for something really special.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my latest offering to this forum:</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a Mark Antony Denarius, but just not a portrait one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]920208[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I have an Augustus denarius, just not an Octavian denarius (before he was emperor) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie41" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]920209[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I know what I want, a special coin with the portrait of Octavian before he was emperor, and one of Mark Antony with this portrait. I wonder, oh how I wonder, how I&#039;m going to accomplish that. <b>Oh, what&#039;s this?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Killing two birds with one stone!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]920229[/ATTACH] </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Isn&#039;t it a beauty?</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]920207[/ATTACH] AR Denarius</p><p>Mark Antony and Octavian</p><p>Traveling military mint, or possibly Ephesus mint</p><p>3.467g,&nbsp; 19.5mm</p><p>Spring - Early summer 41 B.C.</p><p>Obverse M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT Q P, bare head of Antony right</p><p>Reverse CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, bare beardless head of Octavian right</p><p>Ex: Errett Bishop Collection</p><p>Crawford 517/2, Sydenham 1181, BMCRR East 103, Sear CRI 243, RSC I Mark Antony and Augustus 8, SRCV I 1504</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, so it&#039;s less that perfect. There&#039;s a banker&#039;s mark under Mark Antony&#039;s chin, some scratches, toning, etc., but let&#039;s look at the positive and endearing things this coin has to offer. Namely, the price. because it is less than perfect my bank account did not take a major hit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Also, the portraits are well centered and the legends are all there. And unlike later issues that cost more $$$, this early issue was also within my reach because of the less than realistic Octavian portrait (the celators clearly knew what Antony looked like but had never seen Octavian). So all in all, I think it was a good acquisition in a year that&#039;s all about quality of acquisition over quantity.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here&#039;s a Wildwinds specimen for reference:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]920227[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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