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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 542390, member: 4580&quot;]Here&#039;s Elagabalus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this as an EF.&nbsp; The more experts that see it, the higher the grade goes.&nbsp; That&#039;s pleasant, if unusual.&nbsp; It&#039;s another case of a younger collector, now 54, selling a lifetime collection to put his kids through college.&nbsp; It&#039;s a shame, however...</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s your grade opinion for this piece? If you have a high-res monitor you can zoom in on the expanded view for an even closer look.&nbsp; I am very proud of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/Elegabalus218-244ADFramedwithTex-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>NOTE:&nbsp; I am not going to try to tell you the weight nor did I specify that, or catalog numbers in my image text.&nbsp; If you wish to post any data about this silver coin, please do so.&nbsp; : )</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I <u>can</u> tell you the Fortuna is not holding a &quot;rudder,&quot; rather the tiller, which is attached to a rudder post to which the rudder beneath the ship was attached,&nbsp; The descriptions say that beneath Fortuna&#039;s seat is a wheel.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what kind of wheel that could have been.&nbsp; Do you know, or could you post your guess? I am curious.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the &quot;rudder&#039; (sic) is said to be atop a globe.&nbsp; Hmm... what does that mean, unless that globe merely is used in the &#039;round&#039; context? I know a lot about sailing but don&#039;t understand any function for such a piece except as ornamentation. And the word &#039;globe&#039; may have existed even before knowing for sure that the earth is round. While &#039;globe&#039; many have been proper, they might have said a word like &#039;orb&#039; in those days.</p><p><br /></p><p>When known, facts should be used in descriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there&#039;s the cornucopia, for which I suppose Fortuna must have had mounting hardware or an invisible slave. Perhaps the cornucopia is only symbolic.&nbsp; I think the cornucopia looks more like the Frito Bandito, but I can claim relative ignorance about ancient coins owning less than ten so far.&nbsp; ; )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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