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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2663989, member: 39084&quot;]The portrait is almost silhouette-like and very distinctive.&nbsp; Unmistakably Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily, previous owners resisted the temptation to tool additional detail into it, which would have greatly reduced its attractiveness.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always had a liking for this type of reverse.&nbsp; On sestertii, the full &quot;OB CIVES SERVATOS&quot; can be inscribed, unlike denarii and aurei with this reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591631[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>CLAUDIUS&nbsp; 10 B.C. - 54 A.D.</p><p>AR Denarius (3.63 gm.)&nbsp; Rome 50 - 51 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 54</p><p>TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P X IMP P P Laureate head of Claudius r. / SPQR OB CS in oak wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591633[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>GAIUS (CALIGULA)</p><p>AV Aureus (7.66 g.)&nbsp; Lugdunum ca. 37 - 38 A.D.&nbsp; RIC --, cf. 19</p><p>C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT Laureate head r. Rev. S P Q R / P P / OB C S within oak wreath.&nbsp; From the Biaggi collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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