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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5050531, member: 110350&quot;]I wouldn&#039;t exactly call myself a condition snob, because I can&#039;t really afford to be one. But I do like to buy ancient coins -- specifically, Roman Republican and Imperial coins -- that are at least in &quot;very fine&quot; condition in terms of wear, with decent strikes and centered well enough that most of the images, and at least some of the legends, are on the flan.&nbsp; (I put Roman Provincial coins from Alexandria on a different scale entirely in light of how crude many of them are and always were. If I weren&#039;t willing to settle for anything less than &quot;very fine&quot; condition, I would have hardly any Alexandrian coins at all given my budget.)&nbsp; Rarity doesn&#039;t really cause me to lower my standards. I don&#039;t care how rare a coin is; if I don&#039;t think it&#039;s appealing to look at, I don&#039;t want it. I&#039;d rather spend the money on more common coins that look better.</p><p><br /></p><p>I accumulated more than enough extremely worn 19th- and early 20th-century British pennies and halfpennies as a teenager to get my fill of coins that look like that. Even though I was content with them at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably the most worn non-Alexandrian coin I&#039;ve bought in a while. The dealer described it as being in &quot;Fine&quot; condition, but, given how much I like animal coins -- and the fact that this type isn&#039;t so easy to find -- I&#039;m perfectly happy with the way it looks:</p><p><br /></p><p>Titus Caesar (son of Vespasian). AR Denarius 77-78 AD. Obv. Laureate head right, T CAESAR VESPASIANVS (counterclockwise from lower right) / Rev. Sow standing left with three piglets, two standing below her and one behind; in exergue, IMP XIII. RIC II.1 986 (Vespasian) (2007 ed.), RSC II 104, Sear RCV I 2443, BMCRE 227. 18.5 mm., 3.17 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202129[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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