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<p>[QUOTE="Volodya, post: 2923944, member: 19615"]Here's one of the other seven anyway. Five of the remaining six are from this same victoriatus hoard gradually being dispersed by CNG. I don't have photos of those five right now.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://pro.coinarchives.com/2bc8499be3455f915158f85ab5e1a300/img/cng/104/image00489.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The last is different, another type I've been looking for forever. This is an old dealer's photo (not where I got the coin) that doesn't do the piece justice at all. It's the best example I've ever seen. It's very very difficult to find with reverse detail like this, despite the minor weakness in the center of the quiver. It almost always looks vaguely softly-struck; I suspect that most of the dies were shallowly-engraved and lacked detail even when made. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://pro.coinarchives.com/ef9684097789e7cc13157e13b4b72261/img/tkalec/2011-1/image00120.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Volodya, post: 2923944, member: 19615"]Here's one of the other seven anyway. Five of the remaining six are from this same victoriatus hoard gradually being dispersed by CNG. I don't have photos of those five right now. [IMG]https://pro.coinarchives.com/2bc8499be3455f915158f85ab5e1a300/img/cng/104/image00489.jpg[/IMG] The last is different, another type I've been looking for forever. This is an old dealer's photo (not where I got the coin) that doesn't do the piece justice at all. It's the best example I've ever seen. It's very very difficult to find with reverse detail like this, despite the minor weakness in the center of the quiver. It almost always looks vaguely softly-struck; I suspect that most of the dies were shallowly-engraved and lacked detail even when made. [IMG]https://pro.coinarchives.com/ef9684097789e7cc13157e13b4b72261/img/tkalec/2011-1/image00120.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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