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<p>[QUOTE="Colby J., post: 3793174, member: 107416"]Having trouble identifying this Dupondius. There is heavy green patina, and the wear is immeasurable. I have narrowed it down to Maximinus or Antoninus Pius. I notices the reverse has two standards, so maybe that's significant. </p><p><br /></p><p>The best legend I can get is *INVSAVG*/*TRP*SC. If it were Maximinus it would read: MAXIMINVS AVG, and if it were A Pi it would be ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. You guys see why I can't ID this one. It just frustrates me so much it's funny. Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. </p><p>So I have some links that could be my coin, but I'm sure I'm on the right track:</p><p><br /></p><p>FOR MAX: <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.31" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.31" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.31</a></p><p><br /></p><p>FOR A PI: <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.949" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.949" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.949</a></p><p>(Now I know for this one he's radiate, but it matches the design)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013485[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1013486[/ATTACH] </p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>And by the way, it could be tons of other emperors like Commodus, Marcus Aurelius, Maximus, etc. I just fit the design on the reverse that matches A Pi and Max. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>And I just learned this fun fact while researching: Did you know Maximinus was 8 feet tall? I mean, he could be on the Roman Basketball team or something? No wonder he was so popular with the people. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Colby J., post: 3793174, member: 107416"]Having trouble identifying this Dupondius. There is heavy green patina, and the wear is immeasurable. I have narrowed it down to Maximinus or Antoninus Pius. I notices the reverse has two standards, so maybe that's significant. The best legend I can get is *INVSAVG*/*TRP*SC. If it were Maximinus it would read: MAXIMINVS AVG, and if it were A Pi it would be ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. You guys see why I can't ID this one. It just frustrates me so much it's funny. Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. So I have some links that could be my coin, but I'm sure I'm on the right track: FOR MAX: [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.31[/URL] FOR A PI: [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.949[/URL] (Now I know for this one he's radiate, but it matches the design) [ATTACH=full]1013485[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1013486[/ATTACH] [I] And by the way, it could be tons of other emperors like Commodus, Marcus Aurelius, Maximus, etc. I just fit the design on the reverse that matches A Pi and Max. And I just learned this fun fact while researching: Did you know Maximinus was 8 feet tall? I mean, he could be on the Roman Basketball team or something? No wonder he was so popular with the people. [/I][/QUOTE]
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