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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 7786817, member: 101013"]Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply, voting, and sharing your coins! </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], interestingly, the male/female difference does seem to be applied consistently in practice. Perhaps also due to quite a few coins being worn and making it very difficult, if not impossible, to see the difference in look. Even more interestingly, two auctioneers of two denarii of PN, with very similar reverses, describe the figure as either MARS or VIRTVS. Perhaps its best not to further this quest but accept the input given: it's MARS! (And I'm quite sure the figure on my speciment is male)</p><p>So thank you for that. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The edge is pretty damaged indeed, and overal the obverse and reverse suffer from erosion/wear. It didn't bother me. For me the more important factors were the legible obverse legend (esp PESC NIGER), the portrait which is well defined, and the fact that this coin was afforable for a PN. Every coin gets the owner it deserves, and vice versa. </p><p>Downside was that due to the brexit, import fees were levied. C'est la vie.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 7786817, member: 101013"]Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply, voting, and sharing your coins! [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], interestingly, the male/female difference does seem to be applied consistently in practice. Perhaps also due to quite a few coins being worn and making it very difficult, if not impossible, to see the difference in look. Even more interestingly, two auctioneers of two denarii of PN, with very similar reverses, describe the figure as either MARS or VIRTVS. Perhaps its best not to further this quest but accept the input given: it's MARS! (And I'm quite sure the figure on my speciment is male) So thank you for that. The edge is pretty damaged indeed, and overal the obverse and reverse suffer from erosion/wear. It didn't bother me. For me the more important factors were the legible obverse legend (esp PESC NIGER), the portrait which is well defined, and the fact that this coin was afforable for a PN. Every coin gets the owner it deserves, and vice versa. Downside was that due to the brexit, import fees were levied. C'est la vie.[/QUOTE]
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