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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As for which one you're keeping, hard choice between 2 and 3. I'd have to research them further.
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Valued Member
United States
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Decisions, decisions. All three have something going for them to make them keepers... The one in the upper left of your photo is actually quite scarce (you come across one with boar facing right for every 40-50 of them facing left, I would guess). The one with facing panther's head, well, it has the facing panthers head. And then the last is just so well centered and struck.
Tough decisions. Maybe it would be better to get a part-time job and keep all three. :)
Best,
John
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
579 Posts |
Welcome John.
And I like your idea...someone should be doing seasonal hiring already shouldn't they...hmmm.
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
Excellent group of coins, I bet it's going to difficult to choose which ones have to go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3446 Posts |
Personally I like #1. With these diminutive fellows 'less is more' !
And ........
If you can 'flip' the other two and recoup your expense .....
You might do it again. And again. And again ..... "Ad Nauseum" !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
It is very hard to choose just one. The rarity of #1 is tempting. The facing panther of #2 beguiles. The strike quality of #3 is fabulous.
Good luck with that!
Find a way to keep them all :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4980 Posts |
 you can't break up the three little pigs! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
579 Posts |
Yeah I am hemming and hawing with myself about keeping all three.
A funny thought just occurred to me. I wonder what one of these little itty bitty coins would look like in an NGC slab.
It would almost be worth sending it in just to find out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very cool whizb4, you have a nice little herd going on, the details are unbelievable..i for one wouldn't spend the money on a slab for an ancient coin, something about holding them in your hand...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yeah I wouldn't either I just had a funny thought of the folks at NGC attempting to slab one of these coins. I don't think they even make holders for something this small.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
How about three little pigs on one coin?   Antoninus Pius, as. 25 mm. Struck 143-4 at Rome BMC 1624 says sow suckling three young, with one more in front (so, four little pigs). RIC 733. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4980 Posts |
that's coin brings the pork! 5 total pigs! a pentaporker!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
870 Posts |
Those are beautiful. If it were me, I would keep the one with the incuse edge around the boar.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I couldn't part with any of them :)
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