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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2694048, member: 74282"][ATTACH=full]604953[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]604954[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Neither of these coins cost terribly much and neither are in great shape (though they aren't horrible for the type either) but I purchased the second one for one small little feature that it had which the first one lacked: the "club" on the obverse behind Minerva's crest at around 8:30 on the obverse(is that tiny feature a bad enough reason?). The series is complex and also includes trientes with the club hidden within the prow details of the reverse or which include the club on obverse but no staff and examples are known that include neither the staff not the club but are in remarkably similar style and thus should be considered related, so I hope to buy at least 3 more similar trientes, maybe even more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2694048, member: 74282"][ATTACH=full]604953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]604954[/ATTACH] Neither of these coins cost terribly much and neither are in great shape (though they aren't horrible for the type either) but I purchased the second one for one small little feature that it had which the first one lacked: the "club" on the obverse behind Minerva's crest at around 8:30 on the obverse(is that tiny feature a bad enough reason?). The series is complex and also includes trientes with the club hidden within the prow details of the reverse or which include the club on obverse but no staff and examples are known that include neither the staff not the club but are in remarkably similar style and thus should be considered related, so I hope to buy at least 3 more similar trientes, maybe even more.[/QUOTE]
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