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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2227957, member: 19463&quot;]In keeping with my desire to finish this year (or perhaps this life?) with no more coins than I own today I won&#039;t be having as many new purchases to share until I get rid of more of the old ones.&nbsp; Instead, I will be sharing new photos of some of my old coins hat ask nicely if I would rephotograph them.&nbsp; The most recent of these three joined me in 1989.&nbsp; I paid more for them than most of you would today but how many of you have shown any interest in old, worn sestertii at any price?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First is one of my favorite coins.&nbsp; The sestertius of Caracalla as Caesar is from my favorite portrait die of Caracalla or any Severan.&nbsp; Another recent thread discussed style as it relates to Galba but I&#039;ll point out that the lowly Severans also have dies that are better and dies that are worse.&nbsp; This one is my favorite.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437570[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>About the same date (possibly from the same hand???) is my favorite Julia Domna sestertius die.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to have one with less wear but we don&#039;t always find what we want.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437571[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The same type also resides in my collection using a second rate portrait die.&nbsp; The coin has damage from deep scratches and uneven patina but a lot less wear.&nbsp; I could not bring myself to sell either of these coins unless I found one with this much wear with the dies and surfaces of the above one.&nbsp; I know it exists but I won&#039;t pay for it.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]437572[/ATTACH] </p><p>All three here were reshot with very diffuse lighting.&nbsp; I am currently favoring softer light for coin photos but who knows how long that will last.&nbsp; The coins look rather like they do in hand observed out under the shade of a large tree.&nbsp; Few of us examine coins in that manner but maybe we should.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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