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<p>[QUOTE="Volodya, post: 7535452, member: 19615"]One of mine, with some comments about it I made awhile back.</p><p>(Originally posted here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-coin-artistry.348193/page-2#post-3762404" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-coin-artistry.348193/page-2#post-3762404">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-coin-artistry.348193/page-2#post-3762404</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1300956[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"One more artistic obverse, although you may need some familiarity with the issue to see just how remarkable this coin is. Most dies of the type are, shall we say, 'uninspired', depicting Vesta wearing her plucked chicken Halloween outfit, but this die is a real portrait of a real person. We'll never know who she is, but I like to imagine that the moneyer's favorite aunt or older cousin was a Vestal Virgin and he chose this route to secretly honor her. (An aside: this coin perfectly illustrates the truism that even the best photo can never substitute for viewing a coin in person. This appeared in NAC 33, lot 263, in 2006. I skipped right by it in both the print and online catalogues, paid it no attention at all, since I had a perfectly acceptable example of the normal scrawny chicken version. When I saw her in person though, in all her well-rounded high-relief wonder, she absolutely screamed 'Buy me!' So I did. There's no arguing with an imperious Vestal Virgin!)"</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Phil Davis[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Volodya, post: 7535452, member: 19615"]One of mine, with some comments about it I made awhile back. (Originally posted here: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-coin-artistry.348193/page-2#post-3762404[/URL]): [ATTACH=full]1300956[/ATTACH] [I]"One more artistic obverse, although you may need some familiarity with the issue to see just how remarkable this coin is. Most dies of the type are, shall we say, 'uninspired', depicting Vesta wearing her plucked chicken Halloween outfit, but this die is a real portrait of a real person. We'll never know who she is, but I like to imagine that the moneyer's favorite aunt or older cousin was a Vestal Virgin and he chose this route to secretly honor her. (An aside: this coin perfectly illustrates the truism that even the best photo can never substitute for viewing a coin in person. This appeared in NAC 33, lot 263, in 2006. I skipped right by it in both the print and online catalogues, paid it no attention at all, since I had a perfectly acceptable example of the normal scrawny chicken version. When I saw her in person though, in all her well-rounded high-relief wonder, she absolutely screamed 'Buy me!' So I did. There's no arguing with an imperious Vestal Virgin!)"[/I] Phil Davis[/QUOTE]
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