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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3103936, member: 74834&quot;]What a nice thread. I would go for coin B. In a few months, you will have forgotten the price and only the quality remains. Those lions of the throne are real, whereas the first coin shows two sad poodles. And the clipping will irritate you soon, as I had with this Sicilian pierreale of Pedro III of Aragon and Constantia of Hohenstaufen (1282-1285). It&#039;s damage that pokes you in the eye, that diverts you from the beauty of the design, once you realise the coin was clipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]786106[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is 20-22 mm and 1.90 gr. and it cost about $50.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I bought this silver coin for $75, a large and thin Venetian mocenigo lira of Doge Agostino Barbarigo from the year 1494, 33 mm and 6.84 gr. The obverse shows San Marco and kneeling doge, the reverse a nimbate Christ with cross. It has a plugged hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]786107[/ATTACH]</p><p>The clipped pierreale leads to ever seeking a better version. The handsome lira gives a contented feeling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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