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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3134045, member: 74282&quot;]My most valuable coin is my Cr. 106/1 staff victoriatus, probably the finest example known of an extremely rare type and from(in my opinion) the best most well engraved obverse die for the type. I paid relatively little for it and then paid almost as much to have it professionally cleaned by a friend of mine whose full time job is cleaning such coins. Before and after pics and the full story and info <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-really-took-this-coin-to-the-cleaners.287281/#post-2581805" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-really-took-this-coin-to-the-cleaners.287281/#post-2581805">can be found in my original post about this coin</a>. This picture is a newer one than the one in that thread and shows about a year of toning</p><p>[ATTACH=full]799960[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR Victoriatus(3.07g, 18mm, 4h). Anonymous(&quot;Staff and club&quot; series). 209-208 B.C., Etrurian mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots / Victory standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; Staff between. ROMA in exergue. Line border. Crawford 106/1; Sydenham 209; RSC 24n.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The most I&#039;ve paid for a coin is this denarius of the Liberator Cassius(of the award winning duo Brutus and Cassius) with Lentulus Spinther as legate. I didn&#039;t really expect to win it but I got completely stomped on all my other targets in CNG e-408 so I threw my entire budget at it and it thankfully came in just below my maximum bid and at a nice discount from what it sold for in NAC 78.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]799962[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Liberators, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Imperator with Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, Legate, AR denarius(19mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Struck late 43-early 42 B.C., military mint with Cassius and Brutus, possibly Smyrna. Head of Libertas right, wearing veil and diadem; before, LEIBERTAS upwards; behind, C•CASSI•IMP updwards. Border of dots / Jug and lituus; below, LENTVLVS SPINT in two lines. Border of dots. Crawford 500/5; Sear HCRI 223.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] Collection, CNG e-Auction 408, October 25 2017, lot 440, ex JD Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 78 part II, May 27 2014, lot 1892, ex Jacques Schulman 265, September 28 1976, lot 454, ex Monnaies et Médailles Basel Auctiones 3, December 4 1973, lot 328[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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