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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3949168, member: 57495&quot;]Awww, thanks for saying all that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Of course, I feel exactly the same way.&nbsp; I would absolutely have hated you a bit too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Same here!&nbsp; I also enjoyed the writeup the NAC catalogue had on the collector.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t reveal his name, but it was personal, effusive, and informative.&nbsp; Apparently, apart from being from a royal family, having great taste and lots of money, he also had a photographic memory and was just a really nice guy.&nbsp; Probably handsome, too.&nbsp; Some people have all the luck... and all the coins. Nope, not grumbling at all. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed he was!&nbsp; And maybe, someday, ifi you ever get tired of any of your fantastic coins, you&#039;ll remember your friend Z, and my ex Pozzi will be joined by a couple more coins with another fine French pedigree. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The auction house didn&#039;t note the possibility, but I did think that might have been the case when I first received the coin in hand.&nbsp; I can&#039;t think of any other explanation, though I&#039;ve seen other coins with similar surfaces being passed off as regular issues.&nbsp; I&#039;m waiting to receive the Boutin catalogue where this coin appears to see if it was listed as plated there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting question I&#039;ve never asked myself!&nbsp; I&#039;m going to have to look at more bow strings on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was it slightly bashed/chipped/broken so that the damage showed on just one side?&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both Valens and his brother Valentinian were known to have been fairly tolerant of pagan worship.&nbsp; The issues with the emperors&#039; portraits began from the time of Diocletian, and were produced at Rome in small quantities every year for every ruler until Valentinian II.&nbsp; Module size of the issues varied, and if my recall of Alfoldi is correct, matched with contemporary issues. The reverse legend VOTA PVBLICA was used for all the Festival types and suggests these were official product, used either for the Jan 3 public vows or the Mar 5 Isis Festival.&nbsp; The use of the emperor&#039;s portrait on Festival issues stop with the anti-pagan programs of Theodosius I, and Alfoldi suggests that it is from this date (379/380) that the anonymous Isis/Serapis types were introduced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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