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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 5190227, member: 87404"]Nice chunky sestertius you got there! If it's Pietas, it probably says PIETAS in exergue... That kind of thing happens when the reverse legend has their Tribunal Power and Consul numbers and they want to call out in words who the deity is. Sometimes below, sometimes across fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a Severus Alexander sestertius with blue/green patina I got over the summer...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/incollage_20200728_161436067.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I went through some more pics and will throw in a blue/green Commodus... </p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/incollage_20200922_155719175.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>A blue/green Maximus...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/incollage_20200524_153639014.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>A candy green Hadrian... </p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/incollage_20200420_172708326.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And a green Philip... </p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/incollage_20200222_161526037.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 5190227, member: 87404"]Nice chunky sestertius you got there! If it's Pietas, it probably says PIETAS in exergue... That kind of thing happens when the reverse legend has their Tribunal Power and Consul numbers and they want to call out in words who the deity is. Sometimes below, sometimes across fields. Here's a Severus Alexander sestertius with blue/green patina I got over the summer... [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/incollage_20200728_161436067.jpg[/IMG] Edit: I went through some more pics and will throw in a blue/green Commodus... [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/incollage_20200922_155719175.jpg[/IMG] A blue/green Maximus... [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/incollage_20200524_153639014.jpg[/IMG] A candy green Hadrian... [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/incollage_20200420_172708326.jpg[/IMG] And a green Philip... [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/incollage_20200222_161526037.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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