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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4108284, member: 85693&quot;]This thread made me look - I recently got a Volusian antoninianus from the Rome Mint (CAES) that has some peculiar reverse legend characteristics - VIRTVS AVGG - simple enough, but the letters are either super-faint, or, in the case of the S, super-strong and somewhat over-sized.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure wear and/or strike would account for all of this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066893[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Volusian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(251-253 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG Virtus standing, head left, holding shield and spear.</p><p>RIC 186; RSC 135; Sear 9778.</p><p>(3.65 grams / 20 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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