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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3083340, member: 19463"]That first Sirmium mint Fausta is as high grade as I can imagine but I do not find the portrait style all that appealing. The reverse is much better and as well struck as any I have ever seen. </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>All too often when I am asked A or B my answer will be C. Mine are Fausta but not interesting to the auction crowd. </p><p><br /></p><p>All this reminds me of the day I bought two of my Faustas. The seller had two Faustas of the same mint and style. Both were unevenly struck to extreme. My coin was the cheaper of the two by a factor of 4x. That is appropriate because the uneven strike removed much hair detail from the portrait and made the PLON mintmark so weak as to be hardly legible. The expensive version had full hair and bold mintmark but almost no detail in the bust drapery and the reverse figure was headless. Had the two been the same price, I probably would have taken the other mostly because of the mintmark but the dealer saw them as 1x and 4x. The last time I saw him, he still had the other one but I'm sure it will find a home if it has not already. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]776772[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Siscia mint example is evenly struck but in no way exceptional. I do like the portrait style. It was half the price of the London coin and purchased from the same dealer on the same day at Baltimore. You really get a discount when you drop to this level. Well, you should anyway. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]776773[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Heraclea below has lousy surfaces but is evenly detailed and has a rather bland expression. It was only 1/6th the price of the London but that was a few years back so it might be worth 1/4 taking that into account. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]776774[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That is where I stand at present on Fausta. The three coins totaled $167 which is roughly the buyer's premium for the Sirmium super coin. I usually find myself in the minority when it comes to paying the difference for EF over VF and enjoy having the three different styles here more than making a down payment on the Sirmium. I hope the buyer of the $1k coin enjoys the coin. I don't collect Fausta so I am not tempted to buy more ---- unless, of course, I run across one of better style, different mint one in the bargain sections of one of my favorite show sellers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3083340, member: 19463"]That first Sirmium mint Fausta is as high grade as I can imagine but I do not find the portrait style all that appealing. The reverse is much better and as well struck as any I have ever seen. All too often when I am asked A or B my answer will be C. Mine are Fausta but not interesting to the auction crowd. All this reminds me of the day I bought two of my Faustas. The seller had two Faustas of the same mint and style. Both were unevenly struck to extreme. My coin was the cheaper of the two by a factor of 4x. That is appropriate because the uneven strike removed much hair detail from the portrait and made the PLON mintmark so weak as to be hardly legible. The expensive version had full hair and bold mintmark but almost no detail in the bust drapery and the reverse figure was headless. Had the two been the same price, I probably would have taken the other mostly because of the mintmark but the dealer saw them as 1x and 4x. The last time I saw him, he still had the other one but I'm sure it will find a home if it has not already. [ATTACH=full]776772[/ATTACH] My Siscia mint example is evenly struck but in no way exceptional. I do like the portrait style. It was half the price of the London coin and purchased from the same dealer on the same day at Baltimore. You really get a discount when you drop to this level. Well, you should anyway. [ATTACH=full]776773[/ATTACH] The Heraclea below has lousy surfaces but is evenly detailed and has a rather bland expression. It was only 1/6th the price of the London but that was a few years back so it might be worth 1/4 taking that into account. [ATTACH=full]776774[/ATTACH] That is where I stand at present on Fausta. The three coins totaled $167 which is roughly the buyer's premium for the Sirmium super coin. I usually find myself in the minority when it comes to paying the difference for EF over VF and enjoy having the three different styles here more than making a down payment on the Sirmium. I hope the buyer of the $1k coin enjoys the coin. I don't collect Fausta so I am not tempted to buy more ---- unless, of course, I run across one of better style, different mint one in the bargain sections of one of my favorite show sellers.[/QUOTE]
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