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<p>[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 1696664, member: 42634"]here's a couple more i wanted to share that ENG sent me (thanks again ENG!), one of which i REALLY like....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_3141_zpsd4363052.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_3141_zpsd4363052.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_3141_zpsd4363052.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_3143_zps53c52497.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_3143_zps53c52497.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_3143_zps53c52497.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>the coin on the right is in pretty bad shape, but can see the prominant SC on the back. but look at the one on the left. all sort of cool countermarks...sorry my picture doesn't capture them well. on the obverse, there is an AVG (possibly AVC) at 3 o'clock, at 6 o'clock is what i think is a TICA. These two may indicate "tiberius agustus" or less likely (as I understant it) titus agustus....either way. neat. at 10 and 8 o'clock are roman helmets with dots, on the reverse is a dolphin! don't know what these mean exactly but may be associated with the region of moesia. here some interesting stuff on roman coin countermarks if interested....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermarks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermarks.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.romancoins.info/Countermarks.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 1696664, member: 42634"]here's a couple more i wanted to share that ENG sent me (thanks again ENG!), one of which i REALLY like.... [URL=http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_3141_zpsd4363052.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_3141_zpsd4363052.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_3143_zps53c52497.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_3143_zps53c52497.jpg[/IMG][/URL] the coin on the right is in pretty bad shape, but can see the prominant SC on the back. but look at the one on the left. all sort of cool countermarks...sorry my picture doesn't capture them well. on the obverse, there is an AVG (possibly AVC) at 3 o'clock, at 6 o'clock is what i think is a TICA. These two may indicate "tiberius agustus" or less likely (as I understant it) titus agustus....either way. neat. at 10 and 8 o'clock are roman helmets with dots, on the reverse is a dolphin! don't know what these mean exactly but may be associated with the region of moesia. here some interesting stuff on roman coin countermarks if interested.... [url]http://www.romancoins.info/Countermarks.html[/url][/QUOTE]
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