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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3991253, member: 99456"]I hesitate to post this, as I posted this same coin on the last page. I justify my repetition with >24 hours elapsed and updated description and new photo from "velvet swatch background" experiments:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050723[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>M. Aemilius Lepidus</b>, 58 BC, AR <i>fourrée </i>Denarius</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Veiled head of the Vestal Virgin Aemilia right , border of dots</p><p><b>Rev:</b> View of the Basilica Aemilia, above AIMILIA, on left REF downwards, on right S C downwards, below M LEPIDUS, border of dots.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 419/3a; Aemilia 26 (<10 dies reported in Crawford RRC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another coin that by weight (2.35g) and by the rust patina has me questioning whether or not it might be a <i>fourrée.</i> Several features of this coin that I found interesting, including:</p><p>- the reverse legend that spells out fully a word that we often see only as "IMP"</p><p>- the breaks in the reverse legend IMP-E-RATOR-II which doesn't match any of the 42 examples in <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=111b+denarius+antoninus&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=111b+denarius+antoninus&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">ACSearch</a> or the 22 examples on <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.111B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.111B" rel="nofollow">OCRE</a></p><p>- small dots surrounding the wreath also interesting to note on the reverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050728[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="color: #000000"><b>Antoninus Pius</b>, AD 138-161, AR Denarius, Rome AD 143</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="color: #000000"><b>Obv: </b> ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="color: #000000"><b>Rev:</b> IMPERATOR II, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><span style="color: #000000"><b>Ref:</b> RIC 111b</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #006600"><b>Next:</b></span> another coin that spells out a word more often seen abbreviated OR has unusual legend breaks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3991253, member: 99456"]I hesitate to post this, as I posted this same coin on the last page. I justify my repetition with >24 hours elapsed and updated description and new photo from "velvet swatch background" experiments: [ATTACH=full]1050723[/ATTACH] [B]M. Aemilius Lepidus[/B], 58 BC, AR [I]fourrée [/I]Denarius [B]Obv: [/B]Veiled head of the Vestal Virgin Aemilia right , border of dots [B]Rev:[/B] View of the Basilica Aemilia, above AIMILIA, on left REF downwards, on right S C downwards, below M LEPIDUS, border of dots. [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 419/3a; Aemilia 26 (<10 dies reported in Crawford RRC) Here's another coin that by weight (2.35g) and by the rust patina has me questioning whether or not it might be a [I]fourrée.[/I] Several features of this coin that I found interesting, including: - the reverse legend that spells out fully a word that we often see only as "IMP" - the breaks in the reverse legend IMP-E-RATOR-II which doesn't match any of the 42 examples in [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=111b+denarius+antoninus&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']ACSearch[/URL] or the 22 examples on [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.111B']OCRE[/URL] - small dots surrounding the wreath also interesting to note on the reverse [ATTACH=full]1050728[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#006600][COLOR=#000000][B]Antoninus Pius[/B], AD 138-161, AR Denarius, Rome AD 143[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600][COLOR=#000000][B]Obv: [/B] ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600][COLOR=#000000][B]Rev:[/B] IMPERATOR II, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600][COLOR=#000000][B]Ref:[/B] RIC 111b[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600] [B]Next:[/B][/COLOR] another coin that spells out a word more often seen abbreviated OR has unusual legend breaks[/QUOTE]
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