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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1869000, member: 19463&quot;]Both are great examples of later portraits with the corkscrew beard.&nbsp; My example shows a Nikopolis from earlier in the reign.&nbsp; Double striking wrecked the reverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]315291[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sometimes surface differences are made worse in the photo by a small tilt in the coin.&nbsp; This is more likely to happen on high relief coins that do not lie as flat as we might like.&nbsp; I think your second photo is excellent but suggest you try again on the first propping the coin up with a little clay so you can control the tilt to look better through the camera before you shoot.&nbsp; You might be surprised how small a tilt will make a big change in the glare.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is clearly marked delta in the reverse field for four assaria.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess the first is also but I agree with your caution in this case.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For magistrates see:</p><p><a href="http://akropoliscoins.com/page8.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://akropoliscoins.com/page8.html" rel="nofollow">http://akropoliscoins.com/page8.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Nikopolis is Ulpian who was magistrate when Septimius died.&nbsp; Gallus would read <b>VΠ AVP ΓΑΛΛΟV </b>. Mine is Pollenius Auspex&nbsp; who wa in place at the start of the reign.&nbsp; Mine has a different abbreviation than most and I suspect is very early. </p><p><br /></p><p>Trivia question:&nbsp; Who knows what the pi at the end of the obverse legends stands for?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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