I Took A Chance on This

That part is actually the easiest to see in hand! Trickier was the obverse reading of 'TR P VI'!

 

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this it total the same coin you have

 

You're getting warmer ...

 

i see total not any sense you wins it comes from ebay/ it give me alarm

 

this is same coin you have

 

you have great coins

this one i see XII and VI

 

No, that reads 'TR P V' not 'VI'.

 

i see TRP V on your coin/ and end at his neck

 

i see trp V

i am done nice coin

 

nice picture to end it

i like the coin, only leters for me are hard to see

great coin

 

great pick-up! It helps to know what you collect!

 

coin give for me a lot answers obV are hard to see and rev to see

 

pass

 

While I agree with the VI/XII readings, this does show the problem when working with rare coins that don't always come in mint state. In my field (Eastern Septimius) we often get help from die identity because the coins were made from very few dies and it is not unusual to be able to ID a coin when the important letters are completely missing. For example, the three coins below are all from the same die but not all have legibility on the important parts. We get, at best, what exists and what we can find. We do what we can do with what we get.

 

While this thread had taken a bizarre twist, (David wins most patient poster of the month award) that coin is an outstanding find. If it weren't for your excellent detective work, it would have never been appreciated as the rarity it is.

 

Another great find Dave. Probably 98% of us would have just seen Minerva advancing reverse with no special attributes. Its a good lesson. We should all look close at what we have.

 

good

 

pass