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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JGGonzalez, post: 2809761, member: 84491&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally found a decent example of an Augustus comet denarius. My previous example was badly worn and had a hole punched in the center. This one is much nicer. The dealer agreed to let me put it on layaway, so I have to wait a few months until I have it in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, I&#039;ve been examining his photos. I don&#039;t doubt the authenticity of the coin, but there&#039;s a little spot on the reverse where the word &quot;DIVVS&quot; would be that I&#039;m trying to figure out. The letters are mostly gone with only the &quot;D&quot;, what looks like parts of the &quot;VV&quot;, and maybe the upper tip of the &quot;S&quot; visible. It&#039;s kind of puzzling because the parts of the &quot;VVS&quot; are clearly struck, but the remaining parts are either missing or faint and displaced. Does this look like damage from clashed dies, or do you think some foreign material filled in part of the die?</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, this one is much clearer than my other example. This one is going into my coin box while the other one is going in my pocket as a good luck piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers,</p><p><br /></p><p>Joe</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]657065[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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