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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 2192040, member: 58462&quot;]I&#039;m in the not so horrible position of having to choose between two denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius Rome mint.</p><p>L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer.</p><p>O: Wreathed head right, CAESAR DICT PERPETVO</p><p>R: Venus seated right, holding scepter and Victory, L.BVCA upwards behind.</p><p>Crawford 480/7b; CRI 104a; Sydenham 1062; RSC 24.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin A: Well centered but just as well worn and Venus is virtually decapitated.[ATTACH=full]425979[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin B: About EF, but off center. The tip of the nose missing on a sharp portrait.</p><p>Venus has a head but Victory is weakly struck and an oddly shaped flan.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]425980[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I would appreciate hearing which you would prefer (Vote!) to have in your collection and why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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