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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 2178065, member: 44357&quot;]Normally, I try to avoid duplicates in my collection but recently I couldn&#039;t pass one up. Both coins are Sextus Pompey denarii of the &quot;filial loyalty&quot; variety. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had the first coin for a while and was mostly attracted to it for its obverse, a strong portrait of Pompey the Great with subtle details like wrinkles around his eye. The reverse also has an interesting style, with the left and center figures being particularly well struck. The third figure is off the flan, but that is very often the case on this issue, a result of attempting to fit a large design on a small coin. It hasn&#039;t bothered me, mostly because better centered coins don&#039;t come up very regularly and when they do, they tend to be from a few dies wherein the design is compressed, which I don&#039;t find as aesthetically pleasing.</p><p><br /></p><p>My newest coin has a nice obverse, with a well-struck legend but not quite as nice of an overall style. The reverse, however, is what really sold me on it. I&#039;ve never seen an example that even comes close to this complete and well-composed of a reverse. It&#039;s unfortunate that we can&#039;t split coins in half and reconnect them!</p><p><br /></p><p>It brings me to a bit of a precipice: I have thus far avoided duplicates in my collection but this may be an instance where each coin is significantly different enough to justify keeping both. I&#039;m still not 100% decided either way but I&#039;m leaning toward keeping the pair, but trying to prevent it from becoming a trend which results in opening the floodgates of duplicates when I&#039;m attempting to build a comprehensive rather than specialized collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first:</p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Sextus_zpsc405fcbf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My new example:</p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/SextusNew_zpsbl4w7ppk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your duplicates, and before/after upgrades![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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