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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 981267, member: 19463&quot;]I recently became interested in bull/horseman coins issued by the Shahi kings in Central Asia toward the end of the first millenium AD.&nbsp; They sell cheaply but there are some rather scarce ones.&nbsp; At my point in the hobby, I have been buying examples of varieties I didn&#039;t have without being too picky about condition - or so I thought.&nbsp; The longer I look, the less I seem to be finding in coins that would be considered nice in other ancient/medieval series.&nbsp; Many are poorly struck, very worn or both.&nbsp; My new coin (top) is relatively early in the series but hardly upgrades my earlier example. I believe it makes a good point about how different two coins can be and still share a catalog number.&nbsp; Sometimes we buy a better example of a coin and sell off the lesser but here is an example of two coins that are the opposite on areas of poor strike so each shows significant parts of the design and legends missing on the other.&nbsp; How can such things be graded?&nbsp;&nbsp; How could they be described for sale on lists before most lots were photographed?&nbsp; Few ancients (more medievals) are this bad when it comes to variation between specimens that could be considered &#039;normal&#039; for their type.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to keep them both as examples of Tye 3 (tell me if you know the series and disagree) but I would love to see one that was evenly well struck.&nbsp; Please post a photo if you have one.&nbsp; I bid on the coin while on vacation and unable to check my references (hoping the new one was Tye 2).&nbsp; Will I ever find one coin to replace these both?&nbsp; More than ever, I now understand why Mr. Tye illustrated his book on Jitals with drawings rather than photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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