Best worst coin: battered up VIRT EXERC by Licinius

That one looks like a barbaric imitation of Magnentius/Decentius from Lugdunum. The one who made it into a pendant probably did not consider wearing it directly on the skin because of the rashes that would ensue from it oxidizing.

 

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And speaking of bad Poemenius, this one must be one of the worst still identifiable coins of his, which is a shame because it has the scarcer rosette diadem head dress rather than the usual pearl diadem.

AE21mm 4.65g

 

here are a couple of ugly, somewhat scare coins i picked up recently. they were only about 7.50 USD each and i pretty much just picked them up for the fun of attributing them. these turds don't deserve their own thread, so i thought i would resurrect seths thread for them.



Caracalla, Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, 198-217 AD
Obverse: AVT M APHΛI ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right Reverse: V I ΦAVCTINIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛI / TΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
29 mm 11.0 g
Julius Faustinianus, consular legate
Pink 609? (less sure about this...by the way, which ones pink?)

here's a pretty one for sale on vcoins, looks like a die match with mine.

http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/nn_...rovincial_caracalla_ae_28/593904/Default.aspx

i didn't know these coins had the names of govenors and stuff on the reverse, the ..

V I ΦAVCTINIANOV referse to julius faustinianus as consular legate ...which is a like a civilian governor that has military power as well? do i understand that correctly? he must have had some serious something or other going on to get his name on the coin.



MAXIMINUS I, As, (Æ 25) 235-238 AD
O: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Bust laureate , draped and cuirassed
R: VICTO -RI -A AVG / S | C Victoria ( Victory ) walking right, holding a wreath in her right hand and a palm of the left hand,
Rome mint
RIC 69,
25 mm 10.6 g

so is it correct that this is an AS??

 

If you hold it just right, you can see the faint shape of the distinctive domed temple on the reverse. I might see if I can get it to photograph later, but at the moment at least, you'll have to take my word for it.



Volusian
Reigned AD 251-253
AE Sestertius

O:IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate bust right

R: IVNONI MARTIALI SC, Juno seated facing in domed distyle temple

 

=> Gao, please feel free to borrow my stunt-double for your dome photo.

 

Now thats a phat reverse!

 

thanks dawg

 

Some worn, yet desirable (to my eye at least) Octavian dupondius. I would prefer the Caesar/Octavian one, but what the heck, I've got that one....


Octavian, Dupondius Minted in Italy 38 BC
DIVI F, bare head of Octavian right
DIVOS IVLIVS, in a laurel wreath
27.07 gr
Ref : HCRI # 309, RCV # 1570

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That's not really a "worst coin" now is it

 

Maybe not a worst, just a worn...

 

Triple post ?!?!?