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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1880446, member: 42773&quot;]I love it, Bing! Good choice! These little &quot;quadrantes&quot;, as RIC calls them are very interesting to me. RIC also notes that their composition is uncertain and that they may be related to the Roman tesserae. I&#039;m sure there&#039;s more recent scholarship on the matter - maybe Ardatirion will chime in on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently bought one myself for a very low price, though not as low as yours. Why? Because some bonehead decided to counterstamp it! Are these the collector&#039;s initials, or was he grading his coins with a chisel and hammer?? Gawd people are idiots.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, I decided I could live with it since the grade of the coin is so high otherwise, and these little tidbits get very pricey in higher grades. I can live with holed coins if the coins have good detail, so I can live with this...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anonymous. Domitian to Antoninus Pius, A.D. 81-161. Æ quadrans (3.25 g). Rome. Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Dove standing right. RIC 24.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s2.postimg.org/etj7ndw21/quadransvenus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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