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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3342256, member: 74282"]I was tired when I posted this last night and neglected to post any good comparison images, referring the reader to links instead. Here are a couple of images from Numismatica Ars Classica auction 61, lots 386 and 381, illustrating the differences between these two related Spearhead sextantes:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885009[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885010[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The most easily spotted differences are the relative size of wings on Mercury's petasos, the style of the bust truncation, the size of the prow stem(note the relatively thin prow stem on the top example) and the overall style of the prow where the top example is largely made of raised lines whereas the bottom example has much more of the design raised from the coin rather than just a few lines if that makes any sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>The top example is a reverse die match to mine and is the same type(it's actually the same example I was previously outbid on) and the bottom example is an example of Russo's "88a". The prow style in particular of the top example is spot on for the line-y reverse style and thin prow stem commonly seen on the Sardinian Praetor bronzes such as this one(from my collection):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885018[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3342256, member: 74282"]I was tired when I posted this last night and neglected to post any good comparison images, referring the reader to links instead. Here are a couple of images from Numismatica Ars Classica auction 61, lots 386 and 381, illustrating the differences between these two related Spearhead sextantes: [ATTACH=full]885009[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]885010[/ATTACH] The most easily spotted differences are the relative size of wings on Mercury's petasos, the style of the bust truncation, the size of the prow stem(note the relatively thin prow stem on the top example) and the overall style of the prow where the top example is largely made of raised lines whereas the bottom example has much more of the design raised from the coin rather than just a few lines if that makes any sense. The top example is a reverse die match to mine and is the same type(it's actually the same example I was previously outbid on) and the bottom example is an example of Russo's "88a". The prow style in particular of the top example is spot on for the line-y reverse style and thin prow stem commonly seen on the Sardinian Praetor bronzes such as this one(from my collection): [ATTACH=full]885018[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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