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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3617449, member: 57495&quot;]I couldn&#039;t agree more with the thread title.&nbsp; I have always and will probably always enjoy trawling through junky unattributed coins. Some of my most enjoyable hours in the hobby have been spent jumping down unexpected rabbit holes and warrens.</p><p><br /></p><p>This unidentified freebie was given to me by a seller I bought a large group of equally junky LRBs from.&nbsp; The LRBs were educational, but this was the one I had the real fun with.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969202[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE19. 4.77g, 19.3mm. CILICIA, Augusta, 183/184 AD. RPC Online temp 6170 (Marcus Aurelius) = Karbach, <i>Augusta</i> p.54, 81 (same obv die). O: Laureate head of Commodus right, AV KOMODO [...]. R: AVGOVSTN(sic) ETOY EPD, horse standing right, head turned left; tree to left.</p><p>Research Trivia: <i>The city of Augusta (near Adana in modern day Turkey) was founded in AD 20 on the eastern Cilician plains and named after Livia, widow of Augustus. It was built in a loop of the river Seyhan between some low hills, and its ruins were only discovered in 1955. Unfortunately, the site was never excavated as that same year, the Seyhan Dam was completed and the ruins disappeared beneath its waters.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This one was from an uncleaned lot.&nbsp; For four years, I&#039;d pick it up every now and then and try to attribute it without success.&nbsp; When I finally did, it was definitely a happy day at Chez Zumbly. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]969203[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>DOMITIAN</b></p><p>AE24. 10.02g, 24mm. JUDAEA, Ascalon, dated CY 189 (AD 85/6). RPC II 2211; Rosenberger 115. O: Laureate head left. R: Tyche-Astarte standing left on galley, holding scepter and aplustre; altar to left; to right, dove standing left above ΘΠP (date).</p><p><br /></p><p>This A-Pi was another glorious unattributed Provincial I enjoyed hunting down and researching.&nbsp; With only &quot;MЄ&quot; of the reverse legend visible, I spent hours looking through countless Provincial Tyche reverses issued under A-Pi.&nbsp; You can&#039;t tell me there are more fun things to do than that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]969221[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Rare. AE27. 5.09g, 27.2mm. PHRYGIA, Apameia, circa AD 138-161. SNG von Aulock 3495. O: AV KAI AΔPI ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate bust right. R: [AΠA]-MЄ[ΩN], Tyche wearing polos standing left holding cornucopiae and rudder.</p><p><br /></p><p>More recently, I&#039;ve been starting to work on a small pile of &quot;BCD Incerta&quot; (stuff BCD gave up on or couldn&#039;t be bothered with).&nbsp; They&#039;re going to keep me busy for years. Here&#039;s one of the promising ones I feel I&#039;m close to nailing... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]969225[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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