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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4743429, member: 19463"]Donna's type most certainly is high on the rating scale bearing my name where 1/5 is 'just standing there' and 5/5 doing something really interesting. Just as I would have preferred a ten point scale for strike and surface, I would prefer a larger number of choices for rating types by interest. Unfortunately the decision was made by higher powers so we live with just five.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Capito has enough action that one might expect the coin to be able to cut itself out of the slab without intervention of humans with hammers. Mine is never going to be called more than Fine but it is still an interesting coin IMO. In addition to the action filled reverse, the type offers the relatively uncommon use of the title IIIVIR. That would not raise it a whole point but this coin does not need the help and gets its 5/5 from the actio.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose there are intermediates where someone is standing there in a slightly different way, holding some particularly interesting item or dressed in a manner that grabs the viewer's attention. Similarly action scenes are higher rated if there is gore or easy attribution to some historical event. In the middle we also could place scenes that are a bit out of the ordinary but not action packed. Here I'm thinking Legionary standards, architecture, ships and groups of people. Each of these could go up or down, for example, if they were done in an especially decorative or boring manner. I will rate the Capito a 5/5 for interest. Since I have nine allowable images left on this post, I'll offer below my gut feeling ratings for a few other coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another 5/5 would be the Fostlus where the shepherd finds Romulus and Remus in the care of the wolf.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159308[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sacrifice scenes can be static or action packed. I offer the one below as 4/5 a step up since the goat has a look of resistance suggesting he knows this is a bad day.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159310[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Horses pulling a vehicle are common and can be boring but I'll upgrade them a bit (3/5) when the animal is not the usual horse as on this coin showing a biga of snakes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159312[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also a step down at 3/5 might be people standing there but with buildings or interaction that suggests added interest. The one that comes to mind is the Venus of the sewers reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159309[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm unreasonably hard on Republican quadrigas but will go to 2/5 if they are slightly upgraded by a great pose or special driver. The one below shows horse heads going in several directions and Victory using a long palm rather than ordinary hore manipulation tools.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159315[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse below might be up to a 2/5 only if you consider the scorpion being trampled as a part of the main scene rather than some minor type tacked on. In this case, the camel and king (Aretas is named on the coin!) surrender scene on the obverse overrides the less great reverse making the coin an 5/5 in my book. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159316[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sorry, Salus. I know you got all dressed up and brought your snake but the high standards of Republican types makes standing there leaning on a column hard to promote over a 1/5. I'm not suggesting you be like Venus and show extra skin or bring an animal that has more personality than a row of dots but you just have to try a little harder next time. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159322[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Come to think of it, life is not fair to coins either. In the Imperial period, a reverse showing the Dioscuri riding (not just standing there) would rank well above 1/5 but in the Republican major leagues, when the same types were used for so many moneyers or so long a period, action scenes can get a bit ordinary if not fully boring. The same goes for all your friends with quadrigas. You really should have held off a century or two when your design would have been rated against all those personifications that really were boring. Those emperors really knew how to design 1/5 coins but we expect more out of those who chose to play with the big dogs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159326[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4743429, member: 19463"]Donna's type most certainly is high on the rating scale bearing my name where 1/5 is 'just standing there' and 5/5 doing something really interesting. Just as I would have preferred a ten point scale for strike and surface, I would prefer a larger number of choices for rating types by interest. Unfortunately the decision was made by higher powers so we live with just five. The Capito has enough action that one might expect the coin to be able to cut itself out of the slab without intervention of humans with hammers. Mine is never going to be called more than Fine but it is still an interesting coin IMO. In addition to the action filled reverse, the type offers the relatively uncommon use of the title IIIVIR. That would not raise it a whole point but this coin does not need the help and gets its 5/5 from the actio. [ATTACH=full]1159298[/ATTACH] I suppose there are intermediates where someone is standing there in a slightly different way, holding some particularly interesting item or dressed in a manner that grabs the viewer's attention. Similarly action scenes are higher rated if there is gore or easy attribution to some historical event. In the middle we also could place scenes that are a bit out of the ordinary but not action packed. Here I'm thinking Legionary standards, architecture, ships and groups of people. Each of these could go up or down, for example, if they were done in an especially decorative or boring manner. I will rate the Capito a 5/5 for interest. Since I have nine allowable images left on this post, I'll offer below my gut feeling ratings for a few other coins. Another 5/5 would be the Fostlus where the shepherd finds Romulus and Remus in the care of the wolf. [ATTACH=full]1159308[/ATTACH] Sacrifice scenes can be static or action packed. I offer the one below as 4/5 a step up since the goat has a look of resistance suggesting he knows this is a bad day. [ATTACH=full]1159310[/ATTACH] Horses pulling a vehicle are common and can be boring but I'll upgrade them a bit (3/5) when the animal is not the usual horse as on this coin showing a biga of snakes. [ATTACH=full]1159312[/ATTACH] Also a step down at 3/5 might be people standing there but with buildings or interaction that suggests added interest. The one that comes to mind is the Venus of the sewers reverse. [ATTACH=full]1159309[/ATTACH] I'm unreasonably hard on Republican quadrigas but will go to 2/5 if they are slightly upgraded by a great pose or special driver. The one below shows horse heads going in several directions and Victory using a long palm rather than ordinary hore manipulation tools. [ATTACH=full]1159315[/ATTACH] The reverse below might be up to a 2/5 only if you consider the scorpion being trampled as a part of the main scene rather than some minor type tacked on. In this case, the camel and king (Aretas is named on the coin!) surrender scene on the obverse overrides the less great reverse making the coin an 5/5 in my book. [ATTACH=full]1159316[/ATTACH] I'm sorry, Salus. I know you got all dressed up and brought your snake but the high standards of Republican types makes standing there leaning on a column hard to promote over a 1/5. I'm not suggesting you be like Venus and show extra skin or bring an animal that has more personality than a row of dots but you just have to try a little harder next time. [ATTACH=full]1159322[/ATTACH] Come to think of it, life is not fair to coins either. In the Imperial period, a reverse showing the Dioscuri riding (not just standing there) would rank well above 1/5 but in the Republican major leagues, when the same types were used for so many moneyers or so long a period, action scenes can get a bit ordinary if not fully boring. The same goes for all your friends with quadrigas. You really should have held off a century or two when your design would have been rated against all those personifications that really were boring. Those emperors really knew how to design 1/5 coins but we expect more out of those who chose to play with the big dogs. :) [ATTACH=full]1159326[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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