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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3494810, member: 19463&quot;]Would this be a good place to note that the asses of Germanicus who died in 19BC were struck both by his son Caligula and his brother Claudius as well as being &#039;restored&#039; decades later under Titus and Domitian?&nbsp; The reverse legend will specify which emperor issued the coin.&nbsp; Examples above show both the early ones and point out that the direction of the obverse portrait allows separation of the two.&nbsp; The restorations also separate by direction but I don&#039;t have enough exposure to them to state details (are all Titus&#039; right and Domitian&#039;s left?) here without researching the matter online. Those who want to know can do the legwork.&nbsp; My early impression is that the restored coins have a larger SC on the reverse allowing separation of the coins with zero letters remaining.&nbsp; Who can check me on this?&nbsp; Sometimes the study of low grade, worn out coins will reveal details easy to overlook if all you handle are mint state coins.&nbsp; I do not have any portrait as of Germanicus but am fond of my full length view dupondius attributed to Caligula but not marked as are the asses. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]925597[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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