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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 3120750, member: 4298&quot;]As many others, I would wait, both OP coins lacking the eye appeal that would urge me to jump on them &quot;brainless&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course centering is very important, but sometimes, engraving style and/or strike quality push me to fall off the wagon. The best example I have is my Otho denarius, where you can hardly read more than an O from the emperor&#039;s name, yet, 20 years after I have bought it, I still have to see a better portrait (to my eyes of course, tastes and colours, you know....)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0082-210np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Otho, Denarius - </b>Rome mint, AD 69</p><p>IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, Bare head of Otho right</p><p>SECURITAS PR, Securitas standing left</p><p>3.50 gr</p><p>Ref : RIC # 8, RCV #2162, Cohen #17 </p><p><br /></p><p>And that RR denarius suffers from a <i>bit </i>of off centering, but the strike on the obverse was so good that I couldn&#039;t resist, despite part of the obverse legend lacking. Fortunately the portrait is all there : would the nose have been cut off, I would have gone away</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0010-069d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Denarius </b> Rome mint, 62 BC</p><p>PAVLLUS LEPIDVS [CONCORDIA] diademed and draped bust of concordia right</p><p>Trophy with Lepidus Paullus on the right and three captives on the left (king Perseus of Macedon and his sons). TER above and PAVLLVS at exergue</p><p>4.00 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV # 366, RSC, Aemilia # 10 </p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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