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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3752910, member: 74282"]Hopefully I'm not going to jinx myself but here's a recent auction win that I fell in love with due to the style and artistry, especially of the obverse. This denarius has one of the best depictions of Janus I've ever seen on any RR coin. I was willing to put up with some (in my opinion) minor scratches and marks for that excellent engraving:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006314[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the Victoriati of this series and related series are in my opinion relatively poorly engraved. They're interesting coins historically but not terribly artistic except for one or two well engraved obverses with a detailed, expressive portrait of Jupiter that seems to be from a very different hand than the others. I was very happy to find this particular coin partially for that reason. I'd have taken a lesser engraved example but it's always nice to find one from what you feel is the best die of the series:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006315[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3752910, member: 74282"]Hopefully I'm not going to jinx myself but here's a recent auction win that I fell in love with due to the style and artistry, especially of the obverse. This denarius has one of the best depictions of Janus I've ever seen on any RR coin. I was willing to put up with some (in my opinion) minor scratches and marks for that excellent engraving: [ATTACH=full]1006314[/ATTACH] Most of the Victoriati of this series and related series are in my opinion relatively poorly engraved. They're interesting coins historically but not terribly artistic except for one or two well engraved obverses with a detailed, expressive portrait of Jupiter that seems to be from a very different hand than the others. I was very happy to find this particular coin partially for that reason. I'd have taken a lesser engraved example but it's always nice to find one from what you feel is the best die of the series: [ATTACH=full]1006315[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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