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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 24747992, member: 87809"]Yes, I added one FEL TEMP REPARATIO. It was in a lot I won at CNG, ex. [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>It didn't have a flip with the attribution, only a note of [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER] saying: "Rusty Romans 6/18/08 via eBay". I don't think it is rusty at all and I hope I attributed it correctly:</p><p>In RIC VIII Thessalonica, depending if it is an Æ2 (from 21 to 25 mm) or an Æ3 coin (from 17 to 20 mm), there are two different numbers for this issue: RIC VIII Thessalonica 129 for Æ2 and RIC VIII Thessalonica 123 for Æ3. Since this coin is Æ2, the RIC VIII number is 129; however, at the numismatics website there is no picture. It seems that numismatics really doesn’t follow the AEs naming rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macedonia, Thessalonica, 350 AD; mint mark A/-// TSΔ; 4th officina (mark=Δ)</p><p>23 x 24 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to r. Letter A behind head; border of dots</p><p>Rev.: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Soldier, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, advancing left, spearing fallen horseman with r. hand and wearing shield on l. arm; shield on ground to right. Horseman, wearing a Phrygian helmet, sitting on ground to r., raising both arms. Letter A at left; in ex. TSΔ </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1583093[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1583094[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 24747992, member: 87809"]Yes, I added one FEL TEMP REPARATIO. It was in a lot I won at CNG, ex. [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER]. It didn't have a flip with the attribution, only a note of [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER] saying: "Rusty Romans 6/18/08 via eBay". I don't think it is rusty at all and I hope I attributed it correctly: In RIC VIII Thessalonica, depending if it is an Æ2 (from 21 to 25 mm) or an Æ3 coin (from 17 to 20 mm), there are two different numbers for this issue: RIC VIII Thessalonica 129 for Æ2 and RIC VIII Thessalonica 123 for Æ3. Since this coin is Æ2, the RIC VIII number is 129; however, at the numismatics website there is no picture. It seems that numismatics really doesn’t follow the AEs naming rule. Macedonia, Thessalonica, 350 AD; mint mark A/-// TSΔ; 4th officina (mark=Δ) 23 x 24 mm Ob.: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to r. Letter A behind head; border of dots Rev.: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Soldier, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, advancing left, spearing fallen horseman with r. hand and wearing shield on l. arm; shield on ground to right. Horseman, wearing a Phrygian helmet, sitting on ground to r., raising both arms. Letter A at left; in ex. TSΔ [ATTACH=full]1583093[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1583094[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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