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<p>[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 4571857, member: 99613"]I don't know how you real collectors do it, when I feel exhausted after searching for the only coin I'll ever have. Finally, after a lot of looking, comparing, researching, and drooling (drooling reserved for the ones I'll never have), I finally settled on a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a Vespasian dupondius from 71 AD (RIC 266), and there were specific things I wanted that this coin has. First, it's very well-centered and the legends are complete, well-struck, and readable. I also wanted Vespasian's name spelled out completely rather than abbreviated. It also has a nice bold portrait, and the coin overall has great detail. Finally, it looks to me like this coin has never seen any harsh or extreme cleaning, smoothing, tooling, etc...it looks like a coin with a nice even patina and basically unmolested. Yes, that makes it look a bit chunky, but with the ultra smoothed extremely clean examples going for a fortune, I'm pretty happy with this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131976[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian Dupondius, 71 AD, 13.28g, 28mm, Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, Radiate head right, Reverse: CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia, SC in exergue[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 4571857, member: 99613"]I don't know how you real collectors do it, when I feel exhausted after searching for the only coin I'll ever have. Finally, after a lot of looking, comparing, researching, and drooling (drooling reserved for the ones I'll never have), I finally settled on a coin. It's a Vespasian dupondius from 71 AD (RIC 266), and there were specific things I wanted that this coin has. First, it's very well-centered and the legends are complete, well-struck, and readable. I also wanted Vespasian's name spelled out completely rather than abbreviated. It also has a nice bold portrait, and the coin overall has great detail. Finally, it looks to me like this coin has never seen any harsh or extreme cleaning, smoothing, tooling, etc...it looks like a coin with a nice even patina and basically unmolested. Yes, that makes it look a bit chunky, but with the ultra smoothed extremely clean examples going for a fortune, I'm pretty happy with this one. [ATTACH=full]1131976[/ATTACH] Vespasian Dupondius, 71 AD, 13.28g, 28mm, Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, Radiate head right, Reverse: CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia, SC in exergue[/QUOTE]
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