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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thejewk, post: 4289285, member: 100136&quot;][ATTACH=full]1091848[/ATTACH] </p><p>RIC 832A</p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP </p><p>TR POT COS IIII S C - Pietas standing left, holding a fold of drapery in right hand, left hand raised</p><p>10.67g, 27mm, As</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin arrived encased in a thick layer of some sort of lacquer, and under that a great deal of dirt.&nbsp; However, as it was less than £10, was in generally good condition and had a nice patina I decided to add it to my collection.&nbsp; It has cleaned up nicely, but sadly there were a number of spots where the patina had been chipped before the lacquer was applied, and several other spots where the patina had been severely weakened on the reverse which came away with the lacquer during the acetone treatment.&nbsp; The manual cleaning improved the coin massively, and I&#039;ve decided to stop at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091850[/ATTACH] </p><p>RIC 421A</p><p>M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS</p><p>TR P VIIII IMP VI COS (III?) IIII P P S C</p><p>Minerva advancing right with spear and shield</p><p>10.10g, 25mm</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this squat little undersized dupondius of Commodus irresistible, bearing the iconic reverse type commonly seen on the coins of Claudius.&nbsp; It&#039;s worn and the dumpy flan means half the legend is missing but I have a thing for fairly worn and smooth middle bronze coins, and I think the portrait is quite attractive. I am slightly puzzled by the reverse legend.&nbsp; These coins do have small variations of legend occasionally, and I can&#039;t tell if this one is actually a sloppily rendered COS III with uneven spacing, making it a coin of early 183 AD, or if the second I has somehow been obliterated in antiquity and any signs of it covered by the patina, which would place it later in the same year up to early 184 AD.&nbsp; Best of all, it was a billy bargain at £15.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show us your bargain purchases of 2020 so far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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