Nomos AG
obolos 13 2 Jul 2019
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PHRYGIA. Cotiaeum. Claudius, 41-54. Assarion (Bronze, 13 mm, 5.54 g, 1 h). KOTIAEIΣ KΛAYΔION KAIΣAPA Laureate head of Claudius to right. Rev. EΠI OYAPOY YIOY ΠOΛEΩΣ Zeus standing left, raising his right hand. RPC I 3220. Glossy dark brown-green surfaces, with types of excellent style. Very fine.
An experienced collector of paintings once said that the way to tell a bad artist was the way he/she did hands. No matter how well done the rest of a body might be, if the hands looked like claws or flippers, well, the artist wasn't good! On this coin we have a splendid head of Claudius and a fine looking Zeus, BUT Zeus' left hand has only THREE fingers...and his feet look like hooves. Yet it still is a very nice coin!.
An experienced collector of paintings once said that the way to tell a bad artist was the way he/she did hands. No matter how well done the rest of a body might be, if the hands looked like claws or flippers, well, the artist wasn't good! On this coin we have a splendid head of Claudius and a fine looking Zeus, BUT Zeus' left hand has only THREE fingers...and his feet look like hooves. Yet it still is a very nice coin!.