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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 8133942, member: 75143"]Sorry for being a few days late. I waited until Christmas to open my present.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Saturn certainly must have known about my interest in large provincials and architectural reverses, as I got this incredible piece of Philip I from Zeugma!</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't have my normal magnifying loupe to shoot through, but after enough fiddling around with settings I got a decent shot.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417061[/ATTACH] </p><p>This coin is provenanced to a Spanish auction from 2019:</p><p><a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/ibercoin/browse?a=598&l=616417" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/ibercoin/browse?a=598&l=616417" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.com/auctions/ibercoin/browse?a=598&l=616417</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think it looks much better in-hand than the auction photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will likely do a full writeup on this coin shortly. The reverse is rather impressive, with a rare depiction of the entire temple complex and not just the facade. This helps us learn a bit more about how some of these temples looked like in real life; more than a building they were often full-on complexes with all sorts of fun stuff in front. This will be a fun project to try to make an artistic recreation one day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the minute engraving on the </p><p><br /></p><p>I also received a rather fun info sheet with 10 cool facts about Saturnalia, none of which I knew before.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417084[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 8133942, member: 75143"]Sorry for being a few days late. I waited until Christmas to open my present. My Saturn certainly must have known about my interest in large provincials and architectural reverses, as I got this incredible piece of Philip I from Zeugma! I didn't have my normal magnifying loupe to shoot through, but after enough fiddling around with settings I got a decent shot. [ATTACH=full]1417061[/ATTACH] This coin is provenanced to a Spanish auction from 2019: [URL]https://www.biddr.com/auctions/ibercoin/browse?a=598&l=616417[/URL] I think it looks much better in-hand than the auction photo. I will likely do a full writeup on this coin shortly. The reverse is rather impressive, with a rare depiction of the entire temple complex and not just the facade. This helps us learn a bit more about how some of these temples looked like in real life; more than a building they were often full-on complexes with all sorts of fun stuff in front. This will be a fun project to try to make an artistic recreation one day. Despite the minute engraving on the I also received a rather fun info sheet with 10 cool facts about Saturnalia, none of which I knew before. [ATTACH=full]1417084[/ATTACH] Thank you![/QUOTE]
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