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<p>[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 24364968, member: 135271"]That's a tough question to answer. Roman coins, unlike the earlier Greek coins, tended to be focused more on Imperial messaging and propaganda and less on aesthetics.</p><p>For me, I am drawn to a really well-executed portrait. The large portrait sestertius coins from Nero to Antoninus Pius represent the high point in Roman numismatic portraiture IMO. </p><p>Hard to beat this Hadrian sestertius, which sold for $2,561,530.74 (including the buyer's premium) back in 2008:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1547916[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><i>You know what, sure, we'll say it's my coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 24364968, member: 135271"]That's a tough question to answer. Roman coins, unlike the earlier Greek coins, tended to be focused more on Imperial messaging and propaganda and less on aesthetics. For me, I am drawn to a really well-executed portrait. The large portrait sestertius coins from Nero to Antoninus Pius represent the high point in Roman numismatic portraiture IMO. Hard to beat this Hadrian sestertius, which sold for $2,561,530.74 (including the buyer's premium) back in 2008: [ATTACH=full]1547916[/ATTACH] [I]You know what, sure, we'll say it's my coin. :p[/I][/QUOTE]
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