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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3280372, member: 44316&quot;]A coin collector might interpret &quot;beautiful&quot; as requiring high grade. High grade is nice, but many coins can be very attractive without it. Another interpretation of &quot;beautiful&quot; might be &quot;artistic composition well executed.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867161[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse has Roma helmeted right, X behind, and ROMA below.</p><p>The reverse has Roma seated right on a pile of arms (with shields and helmet), holding spear in left, to right, she wolf and twins, in fields left and right, birds flying. </p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 287/1. Sear 164.&nbsp; Anonymous, struck 115 or 114 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse centering is remarkable on a 20 mm flan. Everything on the die made it onto the flan. The composition is beautiful. However, it is an anonymous type and we don&#039;t know who was the moneyer responsible for this charming issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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