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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1878656, member: 19463&quot;]I would suggest labeling the coin as OF I&nbsp; and SR across the field.&nbsp; OF I refers to the workshop or Officina number one that made the coin.&nbsp; There is a bit of conjecture about the meaning of SR (perhaps Saeculi Romanorum?).&nbsp; This coin is very unusual in that it has the OF while most officina numbered coins assume you know the number is the officina and don&#039;t label it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Below is a coin of Valens&nbsp; similarly labeled OF II.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]318208[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC vol IX page 36 speculates that AVGGAVG on the obverse means Augustus of the Augusti pointing out that Gratian is related to the senior Augusti.&nbsp; Previous elevations of a kid to power were made first to the rank of Caesar rather than full Augustus.&nbsp; I do not see your Gener idea as at all unreasonable.&nbsp; Where did you get it?&nbsp; In either case it is a first outing for a new idea in raising a junior to full Augustus and is a coin I need to find for my collection (although I will need one with a bold obverse legend).&nbsp;&nbsp; Yours is a very educational coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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