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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2369411, member: 19463&quot;]I have a fondness for the early period style with the scrawny croc.&nbsp; The unicorn snout and NIM certainly make this one interesting.&nbsp; Zumbly mentioned my latest which I bought for the ligate NE and the appearance that the croc teeth go up from the top jaw (strange).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]484298[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Early coins with th scrawny croc have the bare headed portrait of Augustus who is laureate on later coins.&nbsp; Agrippa always wears the Rostral crown but strike and centering do not always show it well.&nbsp; TIF&#039;s coin is particularly nice in this regard.&nbsp; Zumbly&#039;s new coin is also a bit unusual to my eye in that it is an early with decent chain.&nbsp; I only own one other early whole coin and it lacks chain just like my new one but my early half does show it. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]484299[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]484300[/ATTACH] </p><p>If a person wanted to be compulsive, I suppose one might feel the need to have a large number of these varieties.&nbsp; Its time for me to quit buying them lest someone accused me of a dysfunction.&nbsp; The fact is that these developed gradually despite the efforts of people like me to force them into distinct groups (early, middle, late).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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