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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2546486, member: 19165&quot;]So, I&#039;ll be honest - I still have zero idea what direction I want to go or what I want to collect in the ancient realm. So, I&#039;m just going to buy a few and see what sticks. To that end, I present to you my first big ancient purchase. I saw a recent sales thread from our friend [USER=13450]@Zohar444[/USER] , and his taste is impeccable. I picked 2 that I liked, and they just arrived today. This is the first, I&#039;ll post the other in a couple of days. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a serrate denarius from Q. Antonius Balbus, c 83/82 BC. The obverse features Jupiter, and the reverse has Victory in a quadriga. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know that &quot;slabbed&quot; is a dirty word around here, but I&#039;m coming from US coins where everything is slabbed. It is graded by NGC as &quot;Ch AU&quot; (which, again, I&#039;m coming to realize that the AU grade on ancients is frowned upon), with a * for eye appeal (I&#039;m sure I&#039;ll get crap for that too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ). NGC gave it 5/5 for strike, and 5/5 for surfaces. </p><p><br /></p><p>I may be a novice at ancients, but to me this is a stunning coin, and I am pleased to own it! So, any comments are welcome, or examples you may have. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]546643[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]546644[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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