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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7840269, member: 96898&quot;]+1</p><p><br /></p><p>My example has correct legends and could well be official, but there really is no way to be certain. Some of the official engravers appear to have been working rather sloppily, while some &quot;barbarian&quot; imitators were apparently literate and had considerable engraving skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348556[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Tetricus II as Caesar, Gallic Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 272–273 AD, Trier mint. Obv: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES; bust of Tetricus II, radiate, draped, r. Rev: [SPES] PVBL[ICA]; Spes walking l., holding flower in r. hand and raising robe with l. hand. 16mm, 1.54g. Ref: Mairat 795; RIC V Tetricus I 272.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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