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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I go for the Antioch follis as well. The other two coins are nice, but fairly common, and the follis looks in decent shape. I'd leave off cleaning it though; the coin is nice enough the way it is and you don't want to risk harming it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, I've been thinking about purchasing that third one for awhile now but haven't gotten to it. It's even on my wish list. But if you end up getting it, I'd rather you get it than someone else.
Since I want the last one even with the weak strike, I'll say get the 1st coin. That's up to you, of course.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4778 Posts |
Thanks all, really appreciate the inputs. I was leaning towards number 2 a little more tjan the others but really liked the other two enough to feel conflicted lol. Yeah, I'm going to buy coin 2. Thanks again all.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
Good choice  Could be very nice if it does indeed clean up further. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3445 Posts |
While you already made the right choice I will endorse it ! "Gotta go with Moe". Happiness is a nice large sized (30mm+) bronze ..... something you can dent someones head with.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Oh, and this is my first Byzantine coin purchase in over a year, so I am pretty psyched to get it lol.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
With ancients, always better to have them with complete designs and legends.
These components contribute to the overall grading (and thus value), of any ancient coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
I like of the three shown, Number 2 is what I would go for. Number 1 would be second choice.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2044 Posts |
I would take #1 because it's a half follis.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Quote:
I would take #1 because it's a half follis That (since I don't have a half-follis yet) and the fact that it has nice detail are what drew me to it. But it is still on my to-buy list, so hopefully I'll come back to it and get it in the future. Edited by VisigothKing
03/27/2013 02:27 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3445 Posts |
But why settle for 1/2 a follis when for a 'few Sestertii more'* you can get the whole follis !
The Classic late Roman drama "For a Few Sestertii More" written by my famous ancestor Sergius Leonis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VK, number 2 for me, looks good, whatever you buy, will be great...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Quote:
But why settle for 1/2 a follis when for a 'few Sestertii more'* you can get the whole follis !
The Classic late Roman drama "For a Few Sestertii More" written by my famous ancestor Sergius Leonis  Quote:
VK, number 2 for me, looks good, whatever you buy, will be great... Coin 2 is already in the bag Thanks eng |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Number 2 would have been my choice also. Seems to have the most detail remaining.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Thanks IGE |
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