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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1706072, member: 19463&quot;]Less than a week ago I posted this one:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/260338d1367719048-rx7765bb0099.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/260338d1367719048-rx7765bb0099.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/260338d1367719048t-rx7765bb0099.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I don&#039;t specialize in coins of RIC volume IX but liked this Valentinian II. At 24mm diameter it is large even for an AE2. The portrait is unusual for this very young ruler who usually looks cuter than here. That nose reminds me of Nerva. Alexandria mint often has a distinctive style and good workmanship. As an added bonus, I likes the detail on the reverse captive. </span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t227403/#ixzz2SkM6wKD0" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t227403/#ixzz2SkM6wKD0">http://www.cointalk.com/t227403/#ixzz2SkM6wKD0</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Mine is Alexandria mint while this latest one is Antioch.&nbsp; I also introduced a term in another thread &#039;brick cleaned&#039; which seems to apply here.&nbsp; See how easy it makes the coin to read with all that nice contrast between the letters and fields?&nbsp; Yes, it can be identified now but did we really need to ID it bad enough to murder it in the process?&nbsp; &nbsp; </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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