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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2738778, member: 19463&quot;]When trying to rule out possibilities for a portrait ID, don&#039;t forget to check who produced the reverse type.&nbsp; If a legend starts CONSTAN you might say it could be Constans but if Constans died years before that reverse type was used just stop trying to talk yourself into him as a possibility.&nbsp; If a type was issued by Caesars who used bare headed portraits and by an Augustus who wore headgear, you don&#039;t need to read the missing letters to know whether they were NOB CAES or AVG.&nbsp; The head gear says Augustus.&nbsp; If a type was only issued by one Augustus, you don&#039;t need a single letter.&nbsp; &nbsp; ID is a lot easier if you start with the reverse and only consider guys who used it.&nbsp; Crispus is a bit unusual in that he was the only one with any variation of that name. Your coin has enough letters on the left obverse that there is no question.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I suggest new collectors start with coins with legible legends and move into those with questions later, it is often good to use the online resources and look at EF grade examples of the coins you are considering when trying to ID hard to read items.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Always listen to TIF.&nbsp; She will not steer you wrong including when she tells you you did not need to &#039;Phone a Friend&#039; quite yet.&nbsp; That said, I was unable to ID your second coin using the Tesorillo page.&nbsp; I work better from images and would scan Wildwinds and other resources first.&nbsp; Someone help me see where I missed it. This is a different mint.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]624869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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