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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 24430817, member: 101013"]It goes without saying its subjective, but it's interesting to read everyone's preferences. </p><p><br /></p><p>I follow the taste of [USER=135271]@The Meat man[/USER]: a big bronze with a splendid imperial portrait is for me "the most estically eye pleasing roman coin". I especially like the portraiture on coins of Nero, and on the sestertii of the adoptive emperors. Unfortunatelly, I own only one of this category, with a portrait that ticks the boxes, because they are very, very expensive.... But looking at them in auctions catalogues brings a smile to my face <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, simply love this one, sold in yesterdays Roma auction. But its way too expensive for me. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1547951[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A categorie with eye appeal, but multiplied with historical interest, are Roman coins showing monuments on the reverse. I have quite a few of those, varying from poor to 'very fine' condition. So when it comes strictly to eye appeal, the score is a bit less, so to say. If it were both a beautiful coin, and with a monument on the reverse, my bank account wont allow it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 24430817, member: 101013"]It goes without saying its subjective, but it's interesting to read everyone's preferences. I follow the taste of [USER=135271]@The Meat man[/USER]: a big bronze with a splendid imperial portrait is for me "the most estically eye pleasing roman coin". I especially like the portraiture on coins of Nero, and on the sestertii of the adoptive emperors. Unfortunatelly, I own only one of this category, with a portrait that ticks the boxes, because they are very, very expensive.... But looking at them in auctions catalogues brings a smile to my face :-) For example, simply love this one, sold in yesterdays Roma auction. But its way too expensive for me. [ATTACH=full]1547951[/ATTACH] A categorie with eye appeal, but multiplied with historical interest, are Roman coins showing monuments on the reverse. I have quite a few of those, varying from poor to 'very fine' condition. So when it comes strictly to eye appeal, the score is a bit less, so to say. If it were both a beautiful coin, and with a monument on the reverse, my bank account wont allow it![/QUOTE]
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