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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2766962, member: 57495&quot;]Wow, Mikey... outstanding catch!&nbsp; I think you absolutely made the right decision when you snapped this one up.&nbsp; Everything about that coin is off the charts! </p><p><br /></p><p>I did some reading about the reverse type when I picked up an example some time ago.&nbsp; If you haven&#039;t come across this page, there&#039;s an indepth and interesting discussion about the identification of the torch-bearer here:</p><p><a href="http://eroscoin.blogspot.sg/2011/03/eros-and-thanatos.html?m=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eroscoin.blogspot.sg/2011/03/eros-and-thanatos.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">http://eroscoin.blogspot.sg/2011/03/eros-and-thanatos.html?m=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My far more humble example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2015-10-17_21-57-33-png.446403/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE20. 4.43g, 19.6mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 180-192. RPC Online Vol. 4, #7572 var (obv legend and bust type). O: AV KAI M AV ANT [KOMOΔO], laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛЄITΩN, winged Eros, legs crossed, resting on an inverted torch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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