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Quintillus upgrade.... cheap duplicate coming to the Coin Cabinet :)


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8 hours ago, John Conduitt said:

To be fair, if I was a multi-millionaire, I would pay £2400 for such a great example.

And this is why multi-millionaires are a pain in the butt to the rest of us!  And the multi-billionaires to the multi-millionaires etc...

I guess when it comes to ancients, we all have to be happy with coins that have "problems," it's just that our budget determines what counts as a problem.  And then we choose coins that have our preferred problems. 😄

I agree with @Claudius_Gothicus that it's not that hard to find a nice Claudius II.  (Unless you insist upon a British hoard coin, @John Conduitt😜 Very cool btw.)

I got my first "nice portrait" CII from Frank Robinson when I was still a teenager:

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I thought this looked more "naturalistic" than most of his portraits.  In the context of this thread, though, it's not so impressive.

I count this as a nice (1st issue) Milan (similar to @Qcumbor's above):

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But I still think the most characterful and artistic portraits of CII are to be found in Alexandria:

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Funny, I was bidding on the OP coin too. Just saw this thread. It's a fantastic example for a Quintillus.

I've got a handful of Quintilli (apparently 4 photographed) but the first one is far and away my favorite (only partly because it was previously Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection, with her tag, and then Orfew-A. Short collection, purchased at Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada 2, a true feast for provenance enthusiasts). Having a complete legend is rare, so just having his full name made this one special (if you look closely, most of mine below at least come close to a full QVINTILLVS if nothing else -- I see it on others too, so my theory is those striking the coins intentionally erred in that direction to get the name on it, but it's just a theory):

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Another from the "pick-bin" in the same auction (their photo), previously Doug Smith, acquired in 1999 from Perry Siegel (Herakles):

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For yet another reverse type, here my Providentia, ex Agora, ex Spartan Numismatics:

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My old Fortvna Redvx / Z , which I seem to recall from long ago was rather scarce, but I wouldn't swear to that (a group lot rescue from maybe 20 years ago):

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