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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 8332498, member: 44357"]I normally avoid looking back after deciding to sell a coin but I regretted trimming this Vindex denarius (which I sold because of its slightly poor strike and centering). Thankfully, a dealer bought it for stock and I was able to buy it back:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477011[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, Gaul, March-May 68 AD, AR 3.61 g. MARS – VLTOR Helmeted and draped bust of Mars r. Rev. Aquila between two standards, altar to r.; in field, P – R and in exergue, [SI]GNA. C Galba 406. BMC Galba 39. Martin 60. RIC 51. CBN 18.</p><p>Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Struck on unusually fine</p><p>metal and with a wonderful iridescent tone. Extremely fine</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Antiqua sale XII, 2003, 134.</p><p><br /></p><p>This issue is related to the effort of Vindex to displace Nero in 68. Vindex is said to have amassed a following of 100,000 soldiers. The type here, as is common during the civil war, is a recreation of an earlier denarius of Augustus using the Mars Ultor motif.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 8332498, member: 44357"]I normally avoid looking back after deciding to sell a coin but I regretted trimming this Vindex denarius (which I sold because of its slightly poor strike and centering). Thankfully, a dealer bought it for stock and I was able to buy it back: [ATTACH=full]1477011[/ATTACH] Denarius, Gaul, March-May 68 AD, AR 3.61 g. MARS – VLTOR Helmeted and draped bust of Mars r. Rev. Aquila between two standards, altar to r.; in field, P – R and in exergue, [SI]GNA. C Galba 406. BMC Galba 39. Martin 60. RIC 51. CBN 18. Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Struck on unusually fine metal and with a wonderful iridescent tone. Extremely fine Ex Antiqua sale XII, 2003, 134. This issue is related to the effort of Vindex to displace Nero in 68. Vindex is said to have amassed a following of 100,000 soldiers. The type here, as is common during the civil war, is a recreation of an earlier denarius of Augustus using the Mars Ultor motif.[/QUOTE]
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