I've been searching and searching and can't seem to definitively nail down who is on the AE As reverse and what the early part of the text is supposed to say. Based on the look of the portrait (younger looking and nearly no/short beard) and the IMP (IIII) and COS (III) and what I think the TR P is (VI or maybe VII), the coin is from around the 181 AD time. It appears she is holding a cornucopiae in her left hand and her right arm is bent upwards maybe holding something? i've been digging through Wildwinds listing of Asses and none really seem to match: Salvs, Minerva, Annona. The listing when I bought it said Felicitas, but I can't seem to find an As with Felicitas on the reverse on Wildwinds. I've also done general Google searches for a variety of things for the text on the coin resulting in lists from coinproject, vcoins, etc. Obv: (M) COMMODVS ANTONINVS (AVG) Rev: (something) (TR) P VI (IMP) IIII COS III P P, S-C in field 26mm, 10.06g Any thoughts?
you know what? I wonder if that squiggly thing under her right hand is a scale? But that doesn't match with some other elements... hmmm...
Felicitas is holding a sceptre in left and caduceus in right. Your reverse legend is FEL AVG TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P. RIC III Rome 320
Looking at the text in Wildwinds, it shows it's for a Sestertius... do they often reuse similar things for smaller denominations?
