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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4547880, member: 26302"]Good point. I would say demand causes these to be listed separately, giving the impression they are as common as his other tets. Not being a major Roman Egypt collector, all other test of his I own I have gotten from group lots. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was actually a afterthought. I might not have got it except for the coin I was REALLY excited about. I posted it in an older thread here, but will post it here in case others missed that one. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125826[/ATTACH] </p><p>Its a Domitian Obol depicting "The" sphinx, the one at Giza. I know the obverse not great, but the detail of the reverse I find mesmerizing. I have looked for this type for ages. One of the first coins when I started collecting ancients was a coin depicting the Sphinx, (not A sphinx, but the one in Egypt). I was very disappointed upon hearing how rare they are, and how most show almost no detail. This is one of the best ones I have ever seen for Sphinx detail not costing thousands of dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4547880, member: 26302"]Good point. I would say demand causes these to be listed separately, giving the impression they are as common as his other tets. Not being a major Roman Egypt collector, all other test of his I own I have gotten from group lots. This coin was actually a afterthought. I might not have got it except for the coin I was REALLY excited about. I posted it in an older thread here, but will post it here in case others missed that one. [ATTACH=full]1125826[/ATTACH] Its a Domitian Obol depicting "The" sphinx, the one at Giza. I know the obverse not great, but the detail of the reverse I find mesmerizing. I have looked for this type for ages. One of the first coins when I started collecting ancients was a coin depicting the Sphinx, (not A sphinx, but the one in Egypt). I was very disappointed upon hearing how rare they are, and how most show almost no detail. This is one of the best ones I have ever seen for Sphinx detail not costing thousands of dollars.[/QUOTE]
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