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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4864212, member: 110350"]I'm glad you like it! The problem with trying to get one of these Roman Republican Lucretius Trio (Neptune/dolphin-riding Cupid) denarii is that a big part of the appeal of the coin (at least for me) is the contrasting expressions on the faces of Cupid and the dolphin. And if you look on acsearch, you'll see that the expression is worn off Cupid's face in the substantial majority of examples. The coin is still nice without that, but it takes away some of the charm. For example, see this example auctioned by Stack's Bowers, on which Cupid's expression is basically gone -- but the coin still sold for more than $500! <a href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-N82AL/roman-republic-l-lucretius-trio-ar-denarius-388-gms-rome-mint-74-bcngc-ch-vf-strike-35-surface-45" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-N82AL/roman-republic-l-lucretius-trio-ar-denarius-388-gms-rome-mint-74-bcngc-ch-vf-strike-35-surface-45" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-N82AL/roman-republic-l-lucretius-trio-ar-denarius-388-gms-rome-mint-74-bcngc-ch-vf-strike-35-surface-45</a> . I was lucky to find and buy my example a year or two ago from Steven Battelle, a VCoins dealer in California.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tarentum examples are great, but they're pretty expensive as well. Here's mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175010[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4864212, member: 110350"]I'm glad you like it! The problem with trying to get one of these Roman Republican Lucretius Trio (Neptune/dolphin-riding Cupid) denarii is that a big part of the appeal of the coin (at least for me) is the contrasting expressions on the faces of Cupid and the dolphin. And if you look on acsearch, you'll see that the expression is worn off Cupid's face in the substantial majority of examples. The coin is still nice without that, but it takes away some of the charm. For example, see this example auctioned by Stack's Bowers, on which Cupid's expression is basically gone -- but the coin still sold for more than $500! [URL]https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-N82AL/roman-republic-l-lucretius-trio-ar-denarius-388-gms-rome-mint-74-bcngc-ch-vf-strike-35-surface-45[/URL] . I was lucky to find and buy my example a year or two ago from Steven Battelle, a VCoins dealer in California. The Tarentum examples are great, but they're pretty expensive as well. Here's mine: [ATTACH=full]1175010[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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