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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2194511, member: 42634&quot;]here are a couple of ugly, somewhat scare coins i picked up recently.&nbsp; &nbsp; they were only about 7.50 USD each and i pretty much just picked them up for the fun of attributing them.&nbsp;&nbsp; these turds don&#039;t deserve their own thread, so i thought i would resurrect seths thread for them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6662_zpsznrj08dt.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6662_zpsznrj08dt.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_6662_zpsznrj08dt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Caracalla, Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, 198-217 AD <b>&nbsp; </b></font></p><p>Obverse: AVT M APHΛI ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right Reverse: V I ΦAVCTINIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛI / TΩN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia</p><p>29 mm 11.0 g</p><p>Julius Faustinianus, consular legate</p><p>Pink 609? (less sure about this...<i>by the way, which ones pink</i>?)</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s a pretty one for sale on vcoins, looks like a die match with mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/nn_collection/219/product/roman_provincial_caracalla_ae_28/593904/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/nn_collection/219/product/roman_provincial_caracalla_ae_28/593904/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/nn_collection/219/product/roman_provincial_caracalla_ae_28/593904/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>i didn&#039;t know these coins had the names of govenors and stuff on the reverse, the ..</p><p><br /></p><p>V I ΦAVCTINIANOV referse to julius faustinianus as consular legate ...which is a like a civilian governor that has military power as well?&nbsp; do i understand that correctly?&nbsp; he must have had some serious something or other going on to get his name on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6633_zpsti1qyyhb.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6633_zpsti1qyyhb.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_6633_zpsti1qyyhb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">MAXIMINUS I, As, (Æ 25) 235-238 AD </font></p><p>O: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Bust laureate , draped and cuirassed</p><p>R: VICTO -RI -A AVG / S | C Victoria ( Victory ) walking right, holding a wreath in her right hand and a palm of the left hand,</p><p>Rome mint</p><p>RIC 69,</p><p>25 mm 10.6 g</p><p><br /></p><p>so is it correct that this is an AS??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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