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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 23145, member: 57463&quot;]On the down side, it is hard to read the inscriptions and the Julian clan shares a lot of commonalities. Scans are second best (if that) to seeing the coin in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I can make out DIVI.&nbsp; Judging from its size, it is a sestertius.&nbsp; Based on the DIVI and the portrait, I will hazard a guess that it is a posthumous issue celebrating the deified Augustus Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The S C on the reverse stands for Senatus Consulto, standard on bronze coins of the empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;hole&quot; or &quot;dimple&quot; on the reverse is something of a problem.&nbsp; Roman bronze coins do not usually have this.&nbsp; (It is more typical of Ptolemaic bronze from Alexandria and may be the result of lathe work on the flan (planchet).</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the very many fine sites about Roman coins is:</p><p><a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/" rel="nofollow">http://dougsmith.ancients.info/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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