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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3958467, member: 85693&quot;]First off, Merry Christmas to all.&nbsp; I hope you are all having a jolly time.&nbsp; As for me, I&#039;ve been eating too much and teasing my nephews about their girlfriends.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Year end eBay sales find me picking up all sorts of stray stuff on the cheap.&nbsp; In this case, three small AEs, which I was interested in because of the little Antioch SCs, which I am increasingly becoming a fan of.&nbsp; The lot included an LRB I have been trying to figure out.&nbsp; LRB&#039;s often baffle me, and I thought this would be a hopeless case, but I think I came close. </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem:&nbsp; both Arcadius and Honorius had identical issues from Alexandria like this - and the front half of the obverse legend is obscure, leaving a clear &quot;VS&quot; which applied to both emperors.&nbsp; I went with Arcadius because the VS break is IVS in some of the Honorius examples I saw.&nbsp; But heck if I know. </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC X 75 (Arcadius)</p><p>RIC X 76 (Honorius)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1042749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1042750[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Arcadius</b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>Æ 15</b></p><p><b>(395-401 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint</b></p><p>DN[ARCAD] IVS PF AVG, diademed, draped &amp; cuirassed bust r./ [VIRTVS EXER]CITI</p><p>Arcadius standing, resting hand on shield; crowned by Victory r., holding palm, ALEA in exergue.</p><p>RIC X 75; Sear 20833.</p><p>(2.15 grams / 15 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note:&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>This could be Honorius RIC X 76; Sear 21032.&nbsp; The obverse legend to the left would</p><p>be &quot;HONORI&quot; - VS.&nbsp; Since the left side is &quot;IVS PF AVG&quot; with the &quot;I&quot; included, it matches Arcadius issues better. </p><p><br /></p><p>So am I on the right track?&nbsp; Any help greatly appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the whole lot:&nbsp; Antoninus Pius and Elagabalus are the Antioch SC&#039;s, I believe.&nbsp; The portrait on the Elagabalus looks more like Severus Alexander to me, but after ransacking the Internet, the obv. inscription and reverse design seems more a match for Elagabalus (again, corrections greatly appreciated!) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1042753[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(c. 218-222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria</b></p><p><b>Antiochia ad Orontem&nbsp; </b></p><p>A[YT K M AY[Ρ C ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. / SC in wreath terminating</p><p>in a star, Δ above, Є below.</p><p>BMC 440; SNG Cop. 244.</p><p>(4.87 grams / 18 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note:&nbsp; </b></p><p>&quot;Example of the rare variant showing the use of the name Severus in the legend, as</p><p>determined with the letter C after AYP.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure this is &quot;rare&quot; as I found several &quot;C&quot; types online. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(138-161 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria</b></p><p><b>Antiochia ad Orontem&nbsp; </b></p><p>ΑVΤ Κ[ΑΙ...] ΑΝΤ[WΝƐ...], laureate head right / S•C within wreath, Γ above, eagle standing facing wings spread below.</p><p>RPC III, 7007; McAlee 11; BMC 323, 326 and 331.</p><p>(3.37 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>Obv.:&nbsp; Full legend mostly gone; RPC online has it thusly: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ((Τ(Ι)) Α(Ι(Λ))</p><p>Α(ΔΡ(Ι)) ΑΝΤWΝƐΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(ƐΒ(Α)) ƐV</p><p>Rev.:&nbsp; eagle is missing most details (legs and right wing are barely visible).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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