You are welcome, Ickster,
I would not call it exactly a study, more of an interest! This interest does involve me scouring all dealer and
auction sites for coins in this series so I am developing an instinctive feel for availability of different kinds. Overall I am disappointing that there is not a significant number of these for sale (other than on
eBay and mostly in horrible grades).
Out of the many I own, my favourite is the one below. All details are
sharp, the (young)
portrait of
Apollo is of
fine style and the
patina is stunning. Compare it to the other 2 examples I own below and you will see why it stands out as an incredible example of its
type.
BTW, I bought it right here on
FORVM (Joe, please stock some more!!!)
Peter