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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2898496, member: 19463&quot;]I almost forgot the very small coin show today sponsored by a small local club with mostly US/modern collectors.&nbsp; While eating lunch I remembered for some reason and traveled the whole ten miles not really thinking I would see anything.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t even take my Nook with collection photos which ended up being a mistake.&nbsp; There was one dealer there with ancients and I ended up adding four coins to my collection and two additional duplicates (I forgot I had them but my trade stock is low now so that was no big thing).&nbsp; I really need to find a better way to reference my coins so I know which I have and which I don&#039;t. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was attracted to this Caracalla AE23 from Alexandria Troas for several reasons (most pretty silly).&nbsp; The portrait is well done.&nbsp; The legends each have minor oddities proving that planning ahead was not a regular practice.&nbsp; The obverse reads M AVREL ANTONINV with no room for he final S or any title.&nbsp; This type coin usually has COL AVG around the top and TROAS in exergue.&nbsp; The die cutter started a bit to far right and ran out of room so the G ended up down with TROA.&nbsp;&nbsp; I probably would have crowded it it at the top but breaking legends at &#039;sensible&#039; points was a concept not universal by this time in history.&nbsp; The wolf and twins could be more bold but overall the coin is good enough for my collection standards.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Show your Troas coins. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]697761[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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