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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2350599, member: 19463&quot;]Those who were here two years ago may recall when I went a bit crazy on the Augustus/Agrippa crocodile coins of Nemausis issued for use by veterans of the war with Cleopatra who were settled there.&nbsp; I even wrote a page on them from the standpoint of how hard it is to grade a coin with so many variables.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]478605[/ATTACH] </p><p>I ran across one that really is not all that hard to grade because it lacks most of the common faults found on these.&nbsp; It upgrades my oldest type which usually is easier to find well centered due to the smaller croc and heads.&nbsp; I really wanted it because it has a clear ligate NE in COL NEM.&nbsp; I suppose that is a silly reason to want a coin but it is the best I have right now.&nbsp; The same auction provided four other coins which were new types not upgrades but for some reason I decided to work on this one first.&nbsp; No two of the five had anything in common so it is hard to say why they appealed to me.&nbsp; They will follow along here in due time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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