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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3185380, member: 83956&quot;]It&#039;s actually a follis of Dr. Spock, who time traveled and clearly violated the Prime Directive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]821520[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding your &quot;follis/AE3&quot; query, those terms are not mutually exclusive. &quot;Follis&quot; (or sometimes &quot;nummus&quot;) is fairly general term for any number of late bronze coins; AE3 is really a size designation for folles. So one could say this coin is both an &quot;AE3&quot; and a follis. And as others have pointed out, it was struck in the Rome mint, not Ticinum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good for trying to ID it yourself. You got 90% of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, BTW, is my avatar.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]821530[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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